I got home from work a bit early today, sent some emails and caught up with some friends on Facebook. Looking at an absolutely adorable picture of a high school friend’s son started me thinking about that time of my life, what was happening and not, and who was in my life at the time [...]

You are managing to dive beneath the waves more often now, Gemini, and spend more time in the calmer waters below. Although it feels like you have so much to accomplish and are wasting precious time…a small, but convincing, voice keeps reminding you: you are where you need to be.

So unbelievably cute. Happy Monday.

Do you ever feel that your need to do a good job, be great, excel and succeed derails you from attempting to do the things that could really rock your world?
I have always considered myself a perfectionist, with some degree of pride. That means I do a great job, and you can depend on it! [...]

I had lunch with my friend Mel yesterday, a fantastically yummy lunch of baked mushroom salad and spinach lasagna at Terroni. I always walk away muttering ‘mah bellah…fuuuullll’, because the food is so great at that restaurant. It’s also a great place to be present, as the smells, tastes, sounds, and sights are so rich [...]

He (from the kitchen): “Emo is a pessamist.”
She (half asleep): “Huh?”
He: “He always sees his bowl as half empty.”
**Tim’s response to Emo’s daily ritual of meowing us awake so we can turn on the tap in the bathtub for his little drink (David Suzuki would have my head on a pike, rightly so) and also [...]