A mortgage is said to be under water when a homeowner owes more than the house is worth. Calamity struck Wall Street and the federal rescue was praised and derided as a bailout, a term that brings to mind steel buckets of sloshing flood waters being passed from hand to hand. Lately I have been [...]
Archive for the ‘wellness’ Category
23 Sep
Finding Fifteen Minutes
Yesterday I took a long hard look at my priorities. I’ve become so frustrated, so exhausted with my lousy time-management skills that I’ve decided to get creative with a strategy that I call Finding Fifteen Minutes. Simply put, I have two pretty reasonable goals that I’d like to reach by December and this is how [...]
10 Jul
Produce!
Up here in The Bottom, we are enjoying the first tomatoes from our backyard garden this week. And can you believe it, they actually taste like real tomatoes! The jalapenos have come along nicely too, so I’m going to make a small batch of salsa today and some pesto sauce with the bunches and bunches [...]
1 May
Hello 3-0
My 30th birthday gift arrived in the mail today. It came to me sealed in a thick envelope. When I opened it, the contents read: Intuition I framed it and had it placed visibly on the wall of my consciousness. Today, on May Day, I celebrate 30 years of wisdom. 30 years on this earth. [...]
22 Apr
The Growing Season
Every morning for the past two weeks, including this Earth Day, I’ve peeked out the window to see the garden that my daughter and I have planted in the backyard. This is my first attempt at growing vegetables and herbs; hopefully in the months to come, we will be eating tomatoes, jalapenos, basil, and thyme [...]
13 Feb
“The Hamdog”
The tumblr blog, This is Why You’re Fat, is changing my life. Seriously. Its craptacular stomach-turning absurdity has kept me from reaching for another french fry all week. What’s especially clever is the way the site focuses on the food we eat, devoid of the usual sumptuous marketing presentation, rather than directly condemning those who [...]
7 Jan
A Different Kind of New Year’s Resolution
On New Years Eve 2008, I decided to opt out of the French Quarter fireworks ritual that I’d maintained over these past few years and instead, stay home and reflect on my goals for 2009. In an effort to visualize and truly remind myself of where I’d like to focus my thoughts this year, I [...]
19 Dec
My Worst Week
The hard drive on my Mac Book died and with it, a very precious document that I had been working on, and NO I didn’t have it backed up (*sigh*). My daughter’s favorite teacher resigned from her school. And my debt to sanity ratio is wildly out of balance so, sorry, Visa, ’cause I just [...]
16 Dec
TBoH Gratitude Project
Dear Readers, This week Frieda and I are compiling “Gratitude Lists.” The project is a small, simple step in our effort to celebrate the holidays in a more thoughtful, compassionate, and less materialistic manner. We are taking note of all the things for which we are grateful or that make us feel wonderful to be [...]
