“Travel is not about escaping life, but a way to keep life from escaping us.”
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“This month’s mantra to “Shed the unnecessary to live in Kodachrome” was inspired by a Phoenix Tales Podcast guest, Eden Grimaldi. Her philosophy was borne from her battle with breast cancer, this harrowing experience realigning her own perspective about what is truly important in life...to live and appreciate the here and now since we don’t know how many here and now any of us may have in front of us.”
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“I suppose these two words could also serve as a prompt to imagine all the possible disasters of the unknown. But, after the past year, I can’t imagine a more dystopic future, although I know that is feasible.”
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As the tug of war between motherhood and daughterhood with the winning side yanking me across the finish line of failure takes place each day, this mantra of Failure is Relative has kept me from losing all hope and not succumbing to the deepest, darkest, nihilistic parts of my nature.
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Nothing neutralizes or levels the playing field quite like the aging process. There is no amount of money, no amount of awards, no amount of physical beauty or strength, no amount of intelligence that can prevent the inevitable…aging and facing the limitations of what it is to age.
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“Being idle is good” is my new mantra for this month. The idea of idleness might sound strange since most of us have been cooped up indoors, working from home, eating from home, exercising from home, and basically doing everything indoors. Although we may have been somewhat more stationary, as in our locale, chances are great that idleness is not something that has been experienced much while being indoors. Just looking at the list of things we have been doing while indoors, we can see a picture in which we are busy, overscheduled, and most likely exhausted by it all.
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As I “embrace the change” in many parts of my life, I’ve made the most dramatic changes to my personal yoga practice. Arguably this dramatic change was forced upon me because of an injury. Yet, I can’t say that the change hasn’t been somewhat welcome since I do feel the injury was my own body’s way of flashing the good old yield sign.
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You can imagine my shock in receiving a text message two days later from the one guest that was not part of the wedding party, informing all of us that the Covid test she had taken days ago had come back positive. The punchline to the text message was her reassurance that she felt fine.
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Recipe testing from Martha's Vineyard. The fresh produce from the farms and fresh seafood off the coast completely informs how I cook and what I cook. In these weird times where going out for dinner can be a whole other consideration, I find cooking is easier and less stressful. I hope you will try some of these recipes from what I’m cooking lately.
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