Author name: Susan Taylor Brand

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 […]

Reviews and Writing, Writing

Are You There God It’s Me Margaret – Review

A Reflection on the Famous “Banned Book” The book, are you there God, it’s me, Margaret, might be said to be an icon to my generation. Published in 1970, the book details the struggles of one 11 year old girl, Margaret Simon, who faces sixth grade and puberty as she moves from New York City

Reviews, Reviews and Writing

Planning for 2024 Using My Bullet Journal

Bullet journal planning, 2024 edition. I’ve decided that its time to start. To tell the truth, my bullet journal (or bujo, as they’re affectionately known) is pretty simple and a little bit hetrodox. I think of the way I do bujo as “bujo for sensible person who’s not incredibly self obsessed and controlling.” Because if

Reviews and Writing, Writing

Loyalty: a Meditation

 Definition of Loyalty: the quality, or state, or an instance of being loyal. Definition of Loyal: Unswerving in allegiance, whether to country, person, or cause. From Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.   How loyal do you have to be? Is your loyalty something that is required to be “a good person” even if loyalty demands you do

Meditations, Philosophy

Barbie Movie: 9 Clues to the Meaning of Life

Go past the shocking opening of the Barbie Movie, which has a laughing Barbie towering like a Greek goddess over a bunch of drab five year old girls smashing their baby dolls. (The scene is a reprise of 2001, a Space Odyssey, which might be a bit confusing.) Travel past to zoom in on Barbies

Reviews, Reviews and Writing

Will Tea Break A Fast?

Will tea break a fast? And how I maintained my weight all these years … drinking tea All this noise about intermittent fasting has brought forth the question of what, exactly is fasting? In a world of so-called “cheat days,” are there cheat foods for fasting diets? First: Will Tea Break Your Fast? First of

Lifestyle, Healthy Living

Bikram Yoga: A Brief Evenhanded History

Bikram Yoga changed lives and revolutionized studio practices. Without doubt there was misconduct. Yet many yogis feel they owe him a debt for his hot yoga practice, even as they question his methods. Heard today in the studio: “Who was Bikram? Isn’t he sort of controversial?” This post will attempt to briefly answer questions about

Yoga, Lifestyle

A Man Will Never Leave A Woman Who … What?

The vicissitudes of web mastering: People have been searching here for the phrase “a man will never leave a woman who.” This seems to be coming from publishing the blog post “Who are the man women will never leave.” But the whole thing troubles me. The truth is, at first brush I could only speculate

Relationships

Vanity Cooking and How it Diminishes Quality of Life

Martha Stewart No More? Hello America I have bad news to tell you. Which could actually be good news. In the last thirty years, you’ve been sold a bill of goods about cooking. Cooking is not a game or a recreational activity. Vanity cooking has obscured a human truth. Which is that cooking is work.

Cooking, Lifestyle
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