Yoga with goats? How does that make sense? I went to goat yoga this week because I’d always wanted to. And I can explain, it just takes a minute…. First of all, let’s remember that the word “yoga” means “linkage” between mind and body, two things that don’t always go together. The linking of goats […]
Do women still wear pantyhose? In short, yes, but not as often as they used to. If you are wondering about this question, most likely you were raised in that era in which it was believed just about indecent to go out without pantyhose. If a woman was wearing a skirt, and no hose, she
First of all, for our planned climb, here are basic stats on the Mt. Fuji Yoshida trail from the 5th station. Elevation gain: 5,200 feet. Trail length: 11.5 miles, with the first four miles encompassing the entire elevation gain and the last 7 and a half being downhill. The idea came from my daughter who’s
“Believe me, you never know the best about men till you know the worst about them.” — Horne Fisher, the sleuth of The Man Who Knew Too Much These are mystery stories, eight of them, deeply immersed in the world of Edwardian England. The stories are atmospheric. They present between the lines a picture
To begin with: all right, I admit it. I was turning 60. This is not something you like to talk about. After all, this trigger for this discouragement, this turning 60, it’s pretty unchangeable. Never mind all that talk about age is just a number. Age may be just a number but it is a
My copy of How To Stop Worrying and Start Living is quite old now. The printing date is 1984. I can’t remember who gave it to me or if I bought it myself. But when you look at the outlined pages of my copy one thing is clear. As a young woman, I went through
It’s only been a couple of years now since I passed beyond the idea that growing a profitable garden was simple. I was that person who, when it starts to get warm in the spring, would go out and dig up the garden bed with a shovel and then put some seeds in there and
Mondo dizmo: Noun. Definition: A man who is not to be trusted. To women in particular, a self-centered exploiter. Mondo Dismo is an expression that I first heard of in Romancing the Stone, the 1983 adventure/romance starring Katherine Turner and Michael Douglas The premise is that a homebody romance writer, Joan Wilder, finds herself suddenly
I’m not going to throw you any bum steers here — the knee high black boots are not easy to wear for everybody at every time. They’re tremendously showy and flashy, impressive and luxurious. But in almost any design, knee high black boots also are a top choice for dominatrixes and hookers. You can’t just
