Archive for March, 2010

March 25 2010

Melting Like a Snowflake

Begin doing what you love now.  We only have this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand, and melting like a snowflake. This is one of my favorite quotes about living in the present moment.  It is a perfect quote on a day after a spring snowstorm, when nine inches of snow will melt [...]

March 20 2010

Happy Spring

Happy Spring! In Colorado, it is sometimes hard for us to think Spring when we have late snow storms.   Fifteen inches in the last two storms doesn’t really hint at Spring.   But as the snow has melted this weekend, what is showing through is the bright green grass, the purples of grape hyacinths, [...]

March 19 2010

Walking on a Frozen Lake

We just got back from a few days in Grand Lake, where it is definitely mud season.  The dirt road around Columbine Lake is now a mud road, and the only place to walk without backsplash is actually across the lake.  It is a little bit scary when you first step foot on a frozen [...]

March 12 2010

Have you Cleaned your File Cabinet?

In a spurt of creativity this week, I decided to paint my work space.  This room in my house also doubled as a play room for my girls when they were little and there is a lot of kid stuff left in the closet.  So everything has come out of the room, and now I [...]

March 10 2010

The Soulful Marketer

Today I had the great pleasure of working with Andrea Costantine, a woman who is an incredible source of light and information about soulful marketing. I paid for some one on one time with Andrea and I loved every minute of being on the phone with her.  First, she affirmed my journey and congratulated me [...]

March 8 2010

Little Pieces of Light

Today in my Philosophers Notes, I was asked to answer the question, “What lights me up?  What is my passion?”  It was easy for me to answer writing because I have been doing it all my life.  It is my way of expressing myself and understanding the world around me.  I also have to say [...]

March 8 2010

Hot Peppers and Insulin

Peppers and Insulin By: Jean Carper Cayenne spice also may help cutatherosclerosis risk. A new Australian study says eating hot chili peppers may help fight diabetes by reducing the insulin needed to control blood sugar spikes, especially in overweight people. Insulin production dropped, and the liver cleared 30% more insulin from the blood when obese [...]

March 3 2010

Reframe!

In a wonderful little book called “Let in the Light” , the author, Patrica H. Livingston, talks about reframing a situation so that you see the positive instead of the negative.  She shares a story about her daughter in labor in a very noisy busy hospital and realized that she was complaining endlessly until her [...]

March 1 2010

Sisters

My oldest daughter is home from college for her spring break.  I am keenly aware of how the energy in our house changes when she is home.  She brings sunshine and love wherever she goes, and when she is with her two sisters, giggles abound!  Our second daughter is a junior in high school, already [...]

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