May 10, 2017 | Living playfully
We may be moving, again. The odds are high that it’s going to happen. I don’t want to jinx it though, so I haven’t started packing and I haven’t given notice to my current landlord. As soon as I have keys in hand all that will start, but not until then. If something...
Feb 27, 2017 | Living playfully
A friend and colleague who is also my amazing coach, Ann Evanston has a weekly inspiration call. Just 10 minutes on the phone every Monday morning. I never miss it. A couple of weeks ago she was talking about the perils of perfectionism. One of the examples she used...
Aug 23, 2016 | Adventure, Bodacious, Living playfully
Adventures … life can be full of them. Yet it’s so easy to deny ourselves the opportunity to participate. You want to go to the party but you know you’ll get tired and have to leave early, so you stay home. You’d like to try playing an instrument but...
Aug 9, 2016 | Bodacious, Embrace you, Living playfully, Making a difference
When I was a callow youth I had a lot of judgment about the way older women dressed. I was aghast at the sight of orange stretch pants on a less than perfect butt. I snickered at the platinum banana curl pony tail, gold lame toreador pants and sparkly...
Aug 4, 2016 | Adventure, Living playfully
Have you noticed that when you join a new gym that it takes a while before people will talk to you in the locker room, or when you’re passing from machine to machine? Then one day, after a few weeks, one then another of the regulars says Hi, or makes a pleasant...
Jul 28, 2016 | Bodacious, GettingOlder, Health, Living playfully
Last week I met up with a friend for my first experience of a walking pool. She needs an accountability partner so she’ll actually show up 3 times a week, and I get free access. Walking pool…what a cool thing…it’s a serpentine path through water from 3-feet to...