I am writing this from the Admiral’s Club in Chicago, my second visit of the morning. Here’s how my travel has gone so far: My friend picked me up on time to drive me to the airport, with ease and grace. As I waited to go through the security checkpoint for my flight to Chicago,…
Bathing in Prosperity With the polar vortex, it’s been dreadfully cold this week; I walked around the corner to my friend’s house, and my cheeks (the only exposed parts) nearly froze and fell off! Having reliable central heating and a real bathtub have been both been most useful and comforting. So if I am so…
In the Morning, Every Morning Do you ever have those days when you went to bed sane and happy, and wake up unrested, lost, doubtful, unhappy, or just not ‘you’? It happens to us all – sometimes we get attacked in the night, sometimes we just lose track of who we are and what we’re…
Serendipity and Alignment, Part II Yesterday, serendipity brought me to sit next to a fascinating fellow on a plane from Denver to Chicago – he was flying home to Chicago, and I was en route to Urbana IL. Knowing that I had a very tight gap between planes, I ‘heard’ (intuitively) to upgrade, and ended…
Serendipity and Alignment, Part I Serendipity derives from a short story about three princes traveling to Serendip; their jaunt took in marvels and coincidences. When you’re in alignment with your own divine atomic blueprint of creation, then serendipity becomes your ground state, allowing for all manner of delightful synchronicity. It’s all about alignment – your…
FreeCell I like playing FreeCell – you know, the online version of Solitaire. I have it on my iPhone. When I can’t sleep, or when I’m winding down, it engages that left-side detail-oriented part of my brain and helps me – well, that hemisphere, really – to relax and stop fidgeting about the day. I…
STOP and reVALUE Yesterday I was chatting on FaceBook with a friend in Malta who is struggling to create his workshops. He has a fabulous array of talents – and ideas – but finds it a huge challenge to work out the details. Clearly, he’s primarily a right-brained processor, living in a society or culture…
Snow and Silence It’s been snowing here in the wilds of Illinois – the first serious snow of the season, although it didn’t last as long as anticipated. Yesterday morning, I got to exercise unaccustomed muscles as I did my neighborly duty and cleared the front pavement. By the time I finished, the back porch…
Twelfth Night It’s true that Twelfth Night refers to the 12th day of Christmas, which (counting from 25. December) means the 5th of January, and today is the 7th… but close enough. In two day’s time, there will be a Mathematician’s potluck at a friend’s house, so here is the opportunity to make a galette…
If I had it all my own way… I’ve been reading some intriguing work about the differences between men and women: The Keys to the Kingdom and The Queen’s Code, both by Alison Armstrong. (Her main website is www.understandmen.com if you’d like to find out about her research. I like that her books are framed…