Get 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 readingTalk 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 readingPush the Edge
Posted on Thursday, February 17th, 2011
We just did our fifth, Internet-based radio show–We’re Entrepreneurs. We Can Help–Women on the Edge. For several months, I played around with the idea of a weekly radio show. Then last fall I asked my [...]
continue readingPractice Yoga
Posted on Saturday, December 25th, 2010
I lost a dear friend a month ago, and what I thought was a lifelong relationship fell apart the next day. To say the least, I was reeling for about a week. The first morning [...]
continue readingBe Inspired
Posted on Sunday, December 12th, 2010
I’m on a news break right now. All the bad news from around the world and around the nation was getting me down. It’s overwhelming when you are just one person, and you don’t see [...]
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