...I will climb a thousand more. I have climbed a thousand mountains. At least, it feels that way, sometimes. Sometimes my mountain is small, I can climb it with ease, reaching the summit and celebrating with cheers out loud. I stand there, arms raised, face to the sun, and I... Read more →
This Friday on Time for Books we're completing the review of Design the Life You Love by Ayse Birsel. Remember, this is a workbook. I have been encouraging you to work on it along with me. Our discussion continues from last week, where we were asked to think of our... Read more →
"Courage looks you straight in the eye. She is not impressed with power trippers, and she knows first aid. Courage is not afraid to weep, and she is not afraid to pray, even when she is not sure who she is praying to. When she walks it is clear she... Read more →
I dreamed a thousand dreams...and none of them came true. I slept a thousand nights, and woke a million mornings...to nothing. It feels that way sometimes. That my dreams and my hopes and my desires are such tiny slivers of nothing in the Universe, that they slip away into some... Read more →
You're reading Time for Books | My Life is a Cookbook. Question is - what metaphor can you use for your life? In our book for March, Design the Life You Love, Ayse Birsel tells us to compare it to a metaphor. But first, let's talk about POV - point... Read more →
Got a dime? I got 12 Big Ideas for you. The dime a dozen saying is so old, I think it's getting frayed around the edges. But, it's true for big ideas. Big ideas are a dime a dozen. For every big idea you have, I have three. For every... Read more →
This week we worked on deconstruction and reconstruction. I shared my workbook as well as the workbook examples from Design the Life You Love by Ayse Birsel. This is a Time for Books video book review. Here's a hint about all of this: No one said it would be easy.... Read more →
Time for Books: How Remarkable Women Lead - Sense of Purpose. This book is a must read for all women in business but especially for those of us who are both entrepreneurs and baby boomer women in their second act. I'm a firm believer in the movement we hear a... Read more →
I am in my second act. I had a great first run. Oh yes, I did! I didn’t stand on the sidelines all the time, I stepped into the fray now and then, and gathered my wits about me, and keep the teachings fresh, to help me move through the fog of “growing old”, when growing old was a bad thing. Read more →
This isn't our first rodeo. Tom Collins, the hubby as he will often be referred to, and I made the cross country trip from New York to Colorado in November of 2008, just as we were establishing BlogPaws, the popular and still famous pet blogging community and conference. A few... Read more →