Can we control how we age?
Look in the mirror and the answer seems to be “yes and no.” We are bound to look older. That’s a non-choice between wrinkles, saggy jaw lines and drooping eyelids, and the wind tunnel effect of skin pulled tight by surgery. But with a nod to genetics and a deep bow to degenerative diseases that […]
On joint popping, outdoor yoga and tech-Heck
Since Monday, I’ve found what seems to be a WordPress knight on a white charger, and tech Hell has resolved itself into a much more pleasant spot, more like tech Heck. Still, I needed a walk on the beach today like someone lost in Death Valley in August needs a cold drink. At the beach, […]
I’m in technical hell, and it’s gnarly, dude
First, my apologies to anyone who has tried to access this blog lately and run into a 404 Error message that begins, “Gnarly, Dude.” I’ve lately changed the address of the blog, and the error message is automatically generated by WordPress when anyone tries to use the old address. As soon as I figure out […]
Pain or golden glow? It matters what you call it.
Several years ago, while stocking up on reading for a beach holiday, I bought an old Pelican paperback (which has the name Doris Shadbolt written on the cover in a small, round hand). Yoga, by Ernest Wood, is an account written by an Englishman who came to India in 1910, learned Sanskrit and associated with […]
If you don’t know where you’re going, how do you get there?
If I stand on my back deck and type Los Angeles into the Google Maps app on my iPhone, the instructions on how to drive there begin: “Turn right out of the lane onto West 5th Avenue,” which is as tiny a baby step as anyone could ever want. It’s too bad there’s no Google […]
Meet your I-maker, and feel less alone
In January, after several months of not taking a weekly yoga class, I started again, in a different space, with a different teacher. One of the great benefits of taking a break and changing routines is that everything looks fresh, and emotions you’d forgotten come back to the surface, ripe for examination. Somewhat to my […]