Today is the last day of Week 7 of my self-guided Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program (based on Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Full Catastrophe Living). This was the week when I didn’t use … Continue reading An Uncomfortable Silence
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Let’s say I give this book 4.5 stars. I’m not sure it rises to To Kill a Mockingbird levels … Continue reading A Treat for the Macabre Child in Me: Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book
Somebody Is Going to Die if Lilly Beth Doesn’t Catch That Bouquet: The Official Southern Ladies’ Guide to Hosting the Perfect Wedding by Gayden Metcalfe My rating: 3 of 5 … Continue reading Book Review: Somebody Is Going to Die if Lilly Beth Doesn’t Catch That Bouquet
Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss by Joel Fuhrman My rating: 2 of 5 stars I like the concept behind the eating plan in … Continue reading Book Review: Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman
American Gods by Neil Gaiman My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was a very fun book. The layering and interweaving of the stories felt a tad contrived, but that … Continue reading Book Review: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Alchemist – 10th Anniversary Edition by Paulo Coelho My rating: 2 of 5 stars This was a cute story that I might have liked better had it been shorter … Continue reading Book Review: The Alchemist
We lived in California when same-sex marriage first became legal in Massachusetts. I remember seeing Rev. William Sinkford, then president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, on television performing the first legal … Continue reading On Love and Marriage
So, I made it through Week 6 of my meditation program. (As a reminder, during Week 6, I alternated 45 minutes of yoga and 45 minutes of sitting meditation each … Continue reading Still Here: Week 6 Retrospective and Week 7 Preview
How to See Yourself As You Really Are by Dalai Lama XIV My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book is deceptively complex. I started out with the audiobook version, … Continue reading Review: How to See Yourself As You Really Are
This week, I was back in my groove. I meditated or practiced yoga each day just as I’d planned. I’ve ordered a zafu and zabuton rather than continuing to use … Continue reading Unintended Consequences
Last Sunday, the service at our church was about the current economic climate and what we as Unitarian Universalists can do about it. One of the members of the church … Continue reading Monkeys on a Mission
My religious upbringing was eclectic and firmly based in Murphy’s Law, or perhaps more accurately, on The Jinx. If we were driving to grandpa’s house, we were never allowed to … Continue reading On Overcoming a Jinx
Imperfect Happiness 