I enjoy bike riding and now that spring is here I’m doing it more often. As I pedal into the headwind I feel the resistance and rise to the challenge. When the tailwind arrives, I get a boost that pushes…
How to have the best summer ever – learn to savor it!
“Summertime and the livin’ is easy. Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high…” goes the song. Summertime is for me: Reading a novel while sitting by Lithia Creek, Feeling the coolness as I walk barefoot in the grass, Drinking…
New Seasons
We are entering the autumnal equinox when the days start to get shorter than the nights. The word equinox comes from the Latin words for “equal night.” The fall and spring equinoxes are the only days of the year in…
Healthy Aging Brains
As we reach mid-life our brain becomes smaller, lighter, slower and has more difficult switching tasks. Some of this is the loss of myelin which is a super insulator that carries information along our brain cells. However, there are specific…
Still Here Now
I am currently reading Ram Dass’ book entitled ‘Still Here’ written a decade ago it has just again come up to the top of my pile of books. When Colleen saw it she said they should have titled it “Still…
Be Here Now
Research shows that multi-tasking is a myth. Actually we are doing one thing at a time but without full focus as we move quickly to the next task. In the past, I was proud of my ability to ‘multi-task’ now…