It’s funny when you are born somewhere, like California, that has such a big cultural significance. California dreaming was an idiom and a song when I was a kid. I took it for granted. I knew nothing else, since I was born here, but California dreaming was something my dad experienced as a young man, […]
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My father used to say that the indigenous Californians were less violent than the plains tribes. I didn’t think of that as a sign of a difference between the tribes themselves so much as the effect of the weather and geography of California. When you’re in California, particularly on the coast, with the sound of
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Around noon I began to wonder how crazy I was to plan the long drive I was taking. The second day of 500 plus miles. Mile after mile of standing on the pedal and holding the wheel. It was uncomfortable. I wasn’t bored, though, actually. I was enjoying the drive, the country unfolding before me.
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Is 700 miles too far to drive in one day? On the first day of my California spiritual journey, I drove 720 miles. I left Fort Collins at 7 a.m. and rolled into Denver to the tune of John Major playing Jimi Hendrix’s “Bold as Love” and I felt pretty good for the first three
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Your first job before leaving on a geographical spiritual journey is to make sure you and the equipment are ready. But tonight as I prepare to leave, the car is out of gas. And I am rushing around the kitchen, making pizza. Thinking that I will eat some now and some tomorrow. And some when
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On Monday, I arrived at work and felt as bad as I had in a month. I moped around a corner and came upon the office of my friend Aging Hippy Chick and looked in. Little did I know that all this was going to lead to first, me being cheered up, and then, to
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The modern loneliness epidemic burst on the scene last year with the surgeon general’s announcement. I have friends at work, the yoga studio, my support group, hiking group. Yet I too feel lonely, part of this loneliness epidemic. The New American Problem The Surgeon General, Vivek K Murthy, explained it this way. “When I first
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Many people have had a midlife crisis. The age of onset generally comes between 40 and 60. You may believe you’re having a midlife crisis for a number of reasons. But all of it comes down to panic, despair, and a feeling that you just can’t go on. Midlife Crisis: It’s Not Just for Men
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If the question is where to meet guys over 50, I can offer you a number of good location suggestions and several considerations for success.But first, let’s acknowledge the truth is, it’s hard to meet new people. And when trying to date, it can seem like everyone has someone, and “all the good ones are
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This week during conference night those of us who don’t do conferences came up with the idea of plank exercise challenge. I was with the specials team (that is, the PE teacher, the science teacher, the art teacher and the music teacher) and we were being bored together as we handled the school book sale,
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