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To succeed at anything, you have to keep at it. We all know this, right? Want to succeed at your […]
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To succeed at anything, you have to keep at it. We all know this, right? Want to succeed at your […]
I picked up a violin for the first time when I was forty-something. I knew absolutely nothing about violins, or […]
It’s the hardest part of the yoga practice, or maybe of any practice. Not just on day one, but on […]
There’s a sheet of ice outside my door, down the drive, and most likely down most drives around these parts. […]
“Do not fear mistakes – there are none.” (~Miles Davis) “I win or I learn, but I never lose.” (~Marie […]
You’ve got big dreams, big plans, and big ideas and you’ve already done the hard work of narrowing them down […]
Every yes is a no. And every no is a yes. Speaking, of course, in terms of those things we […]
So, if you haven’t gotten around to it yet? Figuring out what you’re going to do in 2022? No worries. […]
So how does a person actually keep on keeping all of those resolutions they made way back when the year […]
I’ve seen them – I’ve even written them – those motivational snippets that tell you that you can do anything […]
It’s below freezing most mornings now, when I take my mug of java out to the patio to listen to […]
So, we’re past the Winter Solstice which means that winter is officially ours to play with and the days are […]
You’ve heard the expressions, right? Almost two years into this pandemic we all know them. “The Big Quit”. “The Great […]
It is, perhaps, the easiest and the hardest way to self-discovery. Easy, because it’s simple. Hard, because to really be […]
It’s storming outside. Well, not so much storming as really, really, trying to storm. I don’t know. Maybe Mother Nature […]
There is nothing, and I mean nothing, so disconcerting and so discomforting and so downright difficult for a writer as […]
Okay, so here’s what we really kind of all need to stop doing. In general. In life. In my opinion. […]
Well. I haven’t written in a month of Sundays. Okay, really just a month of regular days. Or, well, really […]
Anyone who writes, or does anything creative for that matter, knows that it (whatever “it” is) starts somewhere inexplicable. The […]
Okay, so here’s what not to do. In general. In life. In my opinion. #1 – do not apologize for […]