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Post Machu Picchu, we traveled to Pisco to enjoy the beach and also board a small plane to view the Nazca Lines. Formed sometime between 500 BC and 500 AD, these 4 to 6 inch-deep carvings in the hard, clay soil sit in the arid plateaus of the Nazca Desert. There, because of the dry and windless climate, they have […]
Most of us have seen the pictures of the Citadel, the impressive citadel built by the Incas 600 years ago. It was discovered in 1911 by Yale Professor, Hiriam Bingham. The reason why it still stands is that the Spanish conquistadores who defeated the Incas never knew about the city sitting 8,000 feet above sea level, so they didn’t know […]
Sometime in my early thirties, I remember reading an article about the importance of having girlfriends loosely defined as women who you have your back. I believe the magic number to have was at least five. At the time, I had a two-year-young husband, a newborn and a start-up. I balked and wondered when I’d ever have the luck to […]
This week I spent pruning, purging, and packing my office. It wasn’t fun as my reticent, rat-packing tendencies became loudly noticeable in the room that only I tend to use. There were some great discoveries though: I care less about a lot of things that used to matter to me, such as having sharpies in every color including all the […]
It’s official. The training to become a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher has begun. I signed up for the program almost a year ago, and now that it’s started, the seeds of self-doubt are creeping in. The certification process takes two years, and teaching is the core of the second year of the training. Teaching means I need students, which means […]
This week was a challenge. I got 3 hours of sleep 3 nights in a row. As someone who almost never has sleeping concerns, I was barely functional. Naps didn’t take. Medicine didn’t help. I was in a twilight zone of insomnia, and desperate to get out. It was the experience of going on a silent, seven-day meditation retreat that […]
I’m listening and loving Oprah and Eckhart’s (last names are superfluous with these two) podcast on breaking down, chapter by chapter, A New Earth, Eckhart’s revolutionary book (yes it really is life changing). If you need indication of its significance, it was first published in 2005 and is still in discussion today, some 14 years later, because like many Holy Scriptures, […]
In the throes of packing out our four-story row house, I’ve made a meaningful self-discovery. According to the Chinese Zodiac, I’m a rat. While that explains my penchant for money-pinching, what I’ve come to recently realize is that I’m actually, also, a pack rat. I’m a stasher and a stuffer. If there is a free drawer, cabinet, or corner, you […]
Angels are always at our side willing to assist, if only we are willing to ask. I so-so-so-SO know this. I’ve previously written about this very subject, and yet it’s just sad how often I forget. This week though, they sent me a reminder. My 11-year old sweet, loving, thoughtful and considerate daughter is also a bit lazy. If there’s a clean counter, she’ll inevitably […]
It’s Friday and what a week it’s been. I didn’t think I had anything to share, but the truth of the matter is that I wasn’t sure I was willing to share. I lost someone this week. I didn’t know her well. In fact, in total we only spent a cumulative 45 minutes together, but learning of her untimely, unfair […]