A friend recently told me about dreaming of water and waking up blissfully refreshed. Now, you should know that I am a committed desert...

Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all… ~ Emily Dickinson...

These terms are everywhere nowadays, but I’m not sure everyone understands them. For one thing, mindfulness is the opposite of a full...

I hum and have always done so. Recently, I have caught myself humming at some odd moments, like when watching presidential election...

"It's like déjà vu all over again." ~Yogi Berra. I am writing this because when I sat down to work out what to write, I got an...

“The more you know, the more you can create. There’s no end to imagination in the kitchen.” ~ Julia Child. (For those who do not bake,...

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” ~ Oscar Wilde. Ah, January. I am still reeling from the herculean...

When I was in high school, I had a keen interest in nutrition: What food was considered healthy? Was there a schedule of eating I should...

Woodpeckers: a human head butting a tree at woodpecker speed of about 20 times per second would be concussed. But woodpeckers have...

“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”~ Dr. Seuss. Creativity has...

“Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their...

“After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color,...

Once upon a time, when our brains were very young and trying to figure out the world, it took in lots of information from that world and...

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” ~ Frederick Douglas. Like so many other things our brains do with seemingly little...

"See, Winter comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train; Vapors, and Clouds, and Storms." ~ James Thomson....

“Gratitude bestows reverence...changing forever how we experience life and the world.” ~ John Milton. You may think that the time for...

“All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players.” ~ William Shakespeare. Halloween comes around and suddenly everyone...

"The strongest have their moments of fatigue.”~ Friedrich Nietzsche. Ever come home from work feeling like your brain is fried! Can’t...

“Rush out in the rain to be soaked with the sky.” ~ Rumi. It is raining! We, desert dwellers, greet any rain with relief and joy, but...

“What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.” ~ Jane Austen. The dry hot desert season is here,...