The Presidents on Writing

The Presidents on Writing

Mar 2, 2022 | On Writing

Practically every president has written a book; some have even written those books all by themselves. The general consensus is that the honor of greatest writer among the presidents falls to Abraham Lincoln—with Ulysses S. Grant a distant second—but all who’ve...
Embrace the Open Window

Embrace the Open Window

Mar 18, 2012 | On Mindfulness

“When the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window.” —Julie Andrews as Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music “Keep passing the open windows.” —John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire The Bible and the Buddha aside, sometimes I think that all you really need to...
Letting Go of Shakespeare

Letting Go of Shakespeare

Mar 12, 2012 | On K-9s

“If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.” —William Shakespeare In the past two weeks I haven’t done very much. I haven’t written a blog. I haven’t been to a yoga class. I haven’t walked through the bogs or watched What Not to Wear or called my mother, all tactics...
Breathing Upside Down

Breathing Upside Down

Jan 23, 2012 | On Mindfulness

When my youngest child went off to college last year, I asked myself, “Who am I without kids?” Yoga saved me—by helping me breathe in and out, in and out, in and out, while I explored that question. When I lost my job last month, I asked myself, “Who am I without a...

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