Flying to Japan Over the middle of the Pacific, 32,000 feet in the air, the sea is a blue mat far below, the clouds a dotted carpet of white puffballs. In that moment, not sure whether it is day or night (the windows have gone blue; instead of shades, in this new plane they darken […]
Leaving on a Japan Trip Now perhaps leaving on a Japan trip is too vague…I actually don’t usually go to Japan so it should be leaving on the Japan trip but I don’t like to say that because to me it sounds scarier. Sitting on my porch in Fort Collins on Sunday morning, I
Why I started my blog? When I started Susan Taylor Brand I wanted something that would allow me to post about what I was learning these days, these days in which there is so much new and yet so much can be missed. In particular I wanted to talk about changes in life that come
To begin with: all right, I admit it. I was turning 60 and felt depressed. This is not something you like to talk about: depression or turning 60. After all, the trigger for this discouragement, the turning 60, it’s pretty unchangeable. Never mind all that talk about age is just a number. Age may be
Mondo dismo: 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
Today’s Aphorism: “Lying to others is the exception. Mostly we lie to ourselves.” Friedrich Nietzsche We think we are only lying when we knowingly tell someone something else that isn’t true. In fact, we are often engaged in refusing to see the truth ourselves. Thus, Nietzsche says, “Lying to others is the expection.” You might
Mother’s Day when Mom is a grandma? Yes. But first, let’s go back to the beginning. Where my dad said Mother’s Day was a conspiracy started by Hallmark to sell greeting cards. Perhaps this was the beginning of my dicey relationship with Mother’s Day. Not to mention my mother’s feelings about it. Mother’s Day is
How to start a spiritual journey? First, are you ready to leave something behind? If you’re ready to change, to let go, to learn, then you can embark…I can’t tell you what you need to leave and what you need to search for. You will have to figure out as part of how to start
How to Change Your Life Happiness, as they say, is an inside job. The First Question: The first question is easy: do you need to change your life? Reflections and resources are everywhere, but honesty is the tool you need. After that, we can talk about how to change your life in specifics.
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
