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If Summer Were a Woman
If summer were a woman... She would be in her prime, not young and not old. Her round, saggy belly the evidence of the life that originated there. The laugh lines evidence of life’s lessons and their eventual tempering. We like to think of her as bounteous, joyful,...
George Floyd, RIP
I'm a professional historian, so I've certainly been thinking a lot about what this era means in the long sweep of history. I've learned that my fascination with the past - even longing to have experienced periods like the 1960s - was naive. History is interesting to...
How to Set a Resolution that Sticks
On the cusp of a new year, we are surrounded by talk of resolutions. “I’m going to lose weight this year.” “I’m going to get my finances in order.” “I’m going to meditate every day.” But we all know that resolutions don’t work. We lose motivation. Inertia sets in once...
Christmas…the Most Terrifying Time of the Year?
“Marley was dead: to begin with.” – Charles Dickens If you grew up in the United States, you know that the winter holiday season is supposedly the most wonderful time of the year. But a lot of people are not joyful right now, far from it. Some suffer from seasonal...
4 Simple Ways to Slow Down During the Holiday Rush
I recently overheard a mom at my daughter’s school say something about December being the busiest month of the year. I cringed, not at her statement, but at what was behind it. Our bodies aren’t meant to go this fast, this hard, all year, let alone during winter. This...
Ready or Not, Here She Comes
As each season passes, I tend to feel – or want to feel – that I’ve cycled through the receding season and am ready for what is to come. Especially as I’m facing the colder, darker days, it helps to be done with the summer heat until next year. I am certainly always...