Don’t Forget to Travel
Posted on Sunday, November 13th, 2011
When I retired, my brother gave me luggage and said, “Don’t forget to travel.” Going on the road keeps my juices flowing. Last Thursday Tim and I took a little road trip to Mason City [...]
continue readingGet Healthy
Posted on Saturday, November 5th, 2011
Driving to Florida for vacation, we listened to three books—Connected, Thrive, and Switch. I learned about all of them when I worked with Healthy Polk 2020 last summer. My task was to gather a group [...]
continue readingGo with the Flow
Posted on Friday, October 28th, 2011
At the end of August, Kate and I drove to New York City. The trip was going smoothly as we approached the exit toward Brooklyn where a worker and three orange cones blocked the way. [...]
continue readingMind the Gap
Posted on Saturday, October 8th, 2011
“Mind the gap” was the theme of the John Friend yoga workshop I attended a couple weeks ago. The message is that what happens between, is what’s important. Between inhaling and exhaling. Between the busy-ness [...]
continue readingReflect on Service
Posted on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
I love service learning. It’s fun to help kids help people, in preschools, retirement communities, parks and gardens. Service learning is a respected way to get kids involved in their own educations.
But it’s not just [...]
Talk About Sex
Posted on Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
Planned Parenthood once told me a woman is lucky if she has only a few unplanned pregnancies during her fertile years. I started menstruating when I was ten, and didn’t stop until I was 55. [...]
continue readingAccept Autumn
Posted on Thursday, September 15th, 2011
I watched a full moon rise the other night, riding my bike home from yoga. Fall is nearly here. I’m not thinking of snow coming in a few months. I’m not thinking of snow. No [...]
continue readingPlant a Garden
Posted on Monday, June 6th, 2011
I’m gardening with the Earth Heroes from Carver Community School‘s Boys and Girls Club this season. When I first saw how little these mostly second graders are, I thought there’s no way they can farm [...]
continue readingRide like the wind
Posted on Monday, May 30th, 2011
Last week I signed up for the MS 150 in eastern Kansas. It’s a two-day bike ride to raise money for combatting Multiple Sclerosis. I rode 110 of the 150 miles in 2008, and I [...]
continue readingHonor Your Mother
Posted on Friday, April 8th, 2011
Procrastination? Grandiosity? Too many balls in the air? I had the idea at one point to post on “woman in history” each day last month. Now we are 8 days into April, and I am [...]
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