Working Out Mental Kinks With The Work

Working Out Mental Kinks With The Work

“Who would I be without this story, which I cannot possibly know to be true?” Byron Katie Byron Katie, who goes by Katie, is the creator of The Work, a method of inquiry to access the wisdom within. Her premise is that we are miserable not because of our...
Lessons From Aaron Sorkin

Lessons From Aaron Sorkin

Last Saturday night I went to the Mercantile Library’s Niehoff Lecture. It’s their annual fundraising event, and it’s glorious. The men wear tuxes or dark suits in fine cloth, the women and the non-binary wear sparkles. The pre-lecture chatter on the...
Too Much Time

Too Much Time

Sometimes help comes from friends. Sometimes it comes from books. This time it came from a book. Even with all the GOADS (Get Out And Do Stuff) work, with all the dancing and pickleball, I felt myself sliding backwards toward the miasma of lethargy and despondency....
Self On The Dance Floor

Self On The Dance Floor

Three weeks ago Saturday, I finally went back to the African dance class. Summer camp was in session, so the class was me and four eight-year-olds. They had so much energy. In the pause between dances, while I caught my breath, they did cartwheels. In the second...
Cabin Exploration

Cabin Exploration

After writing about the container cabin, I was energized. Based on the emails some of you sent, you were, too. Even now, as I write this, thinking about the long cabin gets me excited. “What now?” “If I proceeded as if I was going to build the kind of cabin I’d like...
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