This post was originally published on January 3, 2016, and updated on January 18, 2021. There is no such thing as perfection. Perfection, commonly understood, is an illusory state of being, a static state that is sought in so many realms by so many. The pursuit of perfection in our skills/talents/abilities and appearance; in our … Read More
This post was originally published on January 18, 2015, and updated on January 11, 2021. So how does one embody (a current buzzword) True Beauty? As I became more and more convinced of the all-pervasive importance of deep, True Beauty, I began thinking about this. One day I sat at my computer, and the answer(s) … Read More
This post was originally published on October 21, 2014, and updated on December 14, 2020. Once upon a time, somewhere in the winter of 1980, maybe, my business partner and I were driving north up a gray Interstate 89 on our return home from Montpelier, Vermont, from yet another all-important business meeting. A few years … Read More
The following comes to us from a Vermont poet I had the pleasure of meeting years ago, first through a mutual friend and then again when she taught at the Green Mountain Writers’ Conference, a yearly conference I often attend to keep my writing tools sharpened and creative juices flowing. I share Ruth’s poem here … Read More
“Laughter is the best medicine.” ~Anonymous This post was originally published on May 31, 2015, and updated on November 2, 2020. Whaddaya think? Are we born with it, or can a sense of humor be cultivated? I don’t know. But I do think that paradox, in general, is the cosmos laughing. Humor … Read More