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 [...]

Read Full Post »

Creativity

My friend MM (thank you so much!!!) send me a link to this talk by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the the mega-bestseller Eat Pray Love. It’s about creativity, or the lack thereof, and the pressure a person can put on themselves to hit a home run, so to speak, every time they put pen to [...]

Read Full Post »

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.

Read Full Post »

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 [...]

Read Full Post »