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 […]

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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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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

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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

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How Many Minutes of Pilates or Yoga?

“How many minutes of pilates a day” and “is 20 minutes of pilates a day enough” are great questions for those of us who want to be fit. Because exercising is probably number one in my plan for having good health. Now I have to admit … I’ve only done Pilates once. It was offered

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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 what’s

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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

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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 all, the basic answer is

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Bikram Yoga: A Brief Evenhanded History

“Who was Bikram?” is a question that new yogis often ask at the studio. “Isn’t he sort of controversial?” This post will attempt to briefly answer these questions about Bikram yoga history. Bikram Choudhury is the founder of the hot yoga lineage (also known colloquially as “the 26”, for the 26 poses and breathing exercises

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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

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