My hubby Nelson shared an insight he had over the weekend while he was out shooting photographs on the Blue Ridge Parkway. His class was focused on sunrises, sunsets, and macro photography of flowers. And I guess while he was shooting, something about the flowers reminded him of a spider web. This thinking of about […]
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Soothing your “Inner Lizard” (hat tip to Martha Beck)
I was driving in to the city recently and listening to Steering By Starlight a book on tape when the narrator (author Martha Beck) said something so meaningful to me that I had to pull over and write it down. She was talking about her “Inner Lizard” – also known as our reptile or fear […]
Your secret life
Last night, I watched a pretty great film called The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. The lead actor and director is Ben Stiller. I’m normally not a fan of his movies, but this one blew my socks off! The premise of the movie is about Walter: steady, average, boring Walter who manages the negatives (photography negatives) […]
Working hard vs. hardly working
In the last couple weeks, I’ve talked to a number of people about working hard vs. hardly working. Mostly it’s been men (probably because men make up about 75 percent of my client list). We’ve been talking about their dads and how they learned hard work was good work, respectable work, the “right” kind of […]
The “Meez” (or why the first 10 minutes matter)
I recently learned there’s something about why the first 10 minutes matter in commercial kitchens. I’d never heard of this, yet read the most renowned chefs do it and are almost fanatical about the ritual. And I find it fascinating because I do it, too. What is it? Mise-en-place Mise-en-place is translated as “everything in its […]
Naked boxwoods – or how less really is more
You may or may not know I went to Queens University of Charlotte for my third of my three attempts at college. I finally got my bachelor’s degree in Organizational Communications there at night and worked there full-time during the day. And I spent a significant amount of time on campus four busy years. Luckily, […]