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Celebrating my Progress
A friend wrote on Facebook today, “Be reflective and notice what you’ve learned and what you’ve accomplished this year. Celebrate your progress!” I think that’s a good idea. At first, I feel like I haven’t really done very much this year. And then I start looking at some of the things I made notes about…
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Totality
Phases of the eclipse, captured by Tod. Last night was the first time I’ve experienced a full lunar eclipse. It was beautiful. We rushed out of the house at 21:45 to catch the first bite taken from the moon. Japanese word for lunar eclipse is gesshoku, 月食, which is literally moon eating. What a meal. With a…
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Christmas Lists
Christmas makes me crabby. I feel bullied into making the December holidays happy for everyone I encounter. I get resentful. I get depressed and furious with myself because I am not living up to an ideal I don’t even believe in. I hate that. So this year, I sat down before I became overwhelmed and…
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Visiting the Eye Doctor
I really, really, really hate going to the doctor. I will avoid it at all costs, limping on a sprained joint for months before confirming it isn’t broken, suffering with pain until it gets too bad to ignore, letting a chesty cold turn into bronchitis and even then not going to see a doctor, letting…
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Equinox 2011
Is the equinox the start or the midpoint of the season?
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Jumping Grandma
The Frisk campaign launched on 9/1 and a friend spotted me on the train that very day. The next day, I found myself on the Yamanote line with Heather….and there I was, leaping for Frisk. My tattoo has been Photoshopped out and I’m wearing a white wig and some daggy clothes, so it looks nothing…
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The Epic Saturday
August 13th was definitely my biggest day of 2011. In the morning, I led a hoop workshop, Finding Flow, for seven delightful hoopers at the Ephrata Performing Arts Center. I loved teaching my first hoop workshop in the US. Before the hoopers turned up, my cousin Chris and his family appeared at the theatre. They…
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Skipping Past Middle Age
The new haircolor, but all the old wrinkles. Yesterday I experienced a difficult blow to my self-image and ego. I was at a photo shoot for what will be a national ad campaign in Japan. I was thrilled to get the gig; it was my first official, not-for-a-friend modeling job. I was asked to bring…
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Art Therapy
Two days in a row this week I was feeling wildly out of sorts: trapped and self-absorbed and generally bad. Was the heat to blame? Lack of exercise? I couldn’t quite figure it out, so I did my own personal art therapy. I sat down with my sketchbook yesterday morning and doodled the things that…
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New Moon, New Month
Today is a new moon and the start of July. I am taking the advice of my friend Heather (and several religious practices) to set intentions and begin new projects now. If you’ve followed along here for any length of time, you know I like To Do lists and usually my goal setting is quite…
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