I lived six blocks from the beach when I lived in Los Angeles. The ever present cool ocean breeze meant I didn’t need air conditioning during the 15 years I called myself a Southern California girl. Things are different now. Three-digit temperatures are the summer norm in Austin, meaning I’ve had to search out creative […]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Fear is like fire. It needs fuel, oxygen and heat. The more you feed it, the more it spreads and takes over your life. I’ve written previously that real growth cannot begin until we look fear in the eye and tell it that we are not going to let it control our lives. That includes […]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Sometimes an experience touches you deeply, where you know you are witnessing something profound and important, but you don’t know exactly what it is. That is what happened to me today. Yoda and I were heading back to Princess Leia the Prius, having just spent the last hour walking around Lady Bird Lake. I was […]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
For 6 months I’ve had the following written on my calendar for the last Saturday of April, 2012: “Eeyore’s Birthday Party, Pease Park, Austin, TX.† The problem is, until 2 weeks ago, I had no idea why I was saving the date. Austin’s counter-culture seems to count the days until the next year’s Eeyore’s Birthday […]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Last Saturday I invited myself to the dance recital of a beautiful high school sophomore named Caroline. She’s one of my friend Chuck’s daughters. It was the last night of my recent visit to Los Angeles – my second trip to LA in one month.  I sat on the bleachers wedged between Chuck and one […]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
I fall down a lot. As much as I’ve always tried to gracefully flow through life, I tend to stumble along running into things, stubbing my toe, skinning my knees and eating a lot of humble pie. This is because I’ve always been a planner.  A bit of planning is good. But I was an […]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
In the short time I’ve lived here, Texas has offered a wide-range of cultural experiences. I’ve appreciated box seats at the opera, visited world-class art museums, been to both the ballet and the theater, and of course, living in Austin, have enjoyed many live music venues. However, my two favorite Texas “cultural†experiences both happened […]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
“Your dog is in your mate space.â€Â These were some of the first words out of the mouth of the Curandera whom I serendipitously met on my road trip in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She said this before I even told her that I had a dog not so patiently waiting for me outside in Princess […]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Last May I drove to Hot Springs, Arkansas and met a man named John Knapp who was in town for a biker rally. John lives in Austin, and when he met me he immediately said “I see you living in Austin.â€Â Little did either of us know that I would take his words to heart […]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Last night I experienced my first Texas thunderstorm. I grew up with Wisconsin thunderstorms. Some of my favorite childhood memories involve sitting in the garage with my dad watching sheet after sheet of rain barrel down the street. We’d sit in folding chairs and listen to the thunder while watching the lightning brighten the sky. […]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }