Happy New Year 2013

Happy New Year 2013

     The second day of the New Year got off to a good start – Restorative Iyengar yoga in the morning, recommitment to the diet that has been successful in 2012, (no gluten, no dairy, no sugar except sometimes wine) and then to one of my...
The Morning After

The Morning After

       I sort of love the day back to work after the holidays. You get to say “Happy New Year!” to everyone for the next few days in your most upbeat voice. You are done with all the frantic celebrating and overconsuming. Even...
Whirling Dervish

Whirling Dervish

We call them Whirling Dervishes ’cause they just gotta move. Whirling Dervish (wurl-ing dur-vish) n. 1. A mystical dancer who stands between the material and cosmic worlds. His dance is part of a sacred ceremony in which the dervish rotates in a precise...
Occupy Mark di Suvero

Occupy Mark di Suvero

     My older daughter is gorgeous, and endearingly, kind of a geek. Last summer, instead of going off to soccer camp or hanging out at the lake or pool, she chose summer school, to brush up on Algebra II, and went to Robotics camp. I’m...