No Such Thing as a Bad Day

That’s the title of Hamilton Jordan’s autobiography and, I think, a pretty good attitude to have about life. Hamilton Jordan, for you youngsters, was Jimmy Carter’s controversial Chief of Staff and the architect of Carter’s rise to power from governor to president. A real “whiz-kid” well before George Stephanopoulos. You thought Clinton’s White House was [...]

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Even the editor of House & Garden has a tough time

This article in The New York Times caught my eye–and held it until I finished the article–a couple of months ago.  Dominique Browning is the former editor of the now defunct (and yes, I do like being able to use that word in a sentence) Home & Garden magazine. I’ve always enjoyed reading Ms. Browning’s [...]

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You can decide to change your life

if you want to. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/us/09bar.html?hpw

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Finding happiness, or at least contentment

and a sense of purpose: A very interesting and moving article in The New York Times Opinion section: We Don’t Surrender Until We Have To.

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What I Woke Up Thinking About

Transformation? Definition: change in form, appearance, nature, or character. I was reading the latest issue of More magazine last night, the theme of which was women’s transformation. Now, this is a subject I’m very interested in, having gone through some huge life changes. And I was enjoying the articles about people who changed their lives, went [...]

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Barbara Kingsolver gets it right

“Every one of us is called upon, probably many times, to start a new life. A frightening diagnosis, a marriage, a move, loss of a job…  And onward full tilt we go, pitched and wrecked and absurdly resolute, driven inspite of everything to make good on a new shore. To be hopeful, to embrace one [...]

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Clouds in the Night Sky

What does this title mean? Like so many people I know and people I’ve met and people I’ve read about, I am in the process of reinventing my life.  Sometimes that process and that path is clear, as clear as the full moon’s light on a crystal clear winter’s night. Sometimes the way is partially [...]

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