Author name: Susan Taylor Brand

I think Dad Misunderstood California Dreaming …

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,

Lifestyle, Travel
fuscias of California coast

In the Land of the Lotus Eaters

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

Lifestyle, Travel

The Long Drive Continues — Utah to the Sea

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.

Lifestyle, Travel

Loomings of a California Spiritual Journey

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

Lifestyle, Travel

Midlife Crisis In Women A Personal Reflection

Midlife crisis in women is potentially a fraught subject. There’s more material on male midlife crisis then on women’s, but the truth is women have them too. anyone can have a crisis when faced with such serious considerations as.. mortality. According to my research, the age of onset for midlife crisis in women (and men

Meditations, Philosophy

The Conference Plank Exercise Challenge

What is the plank exercise challenge and what could plank pose do for you? Plank pose helps you have a flat stomach, lose weight and walk gracefully. 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

Healthy Living, Lifestyle, Yoga

Book Review: Boy George’s Karma

Being Over 60 Being over 60 isn’t easy, even when you’re Boy George. Maybe I should say, especially when you are. But having finished his memoir Karma, I find that Boy George builds up your optimism for living life fully, for being true to your impulses, even the bad ones, and to sticking around to

Reviews, Reviews and Writing

Self Reflection Using My Bullet Journal

There are many kinds of self reflection meanings and many self-reflection web pages on the web. There’s ones on work, life, relationships … … there’s a lot of ways you can reflect. This post will show that self-reflections don’t always go the way you hope. Below: Annotated Bibliography On the Meaning of Self Reflection The

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