Sunny Side

Risky Leaping on Cobblestones

Sometimes when you decide to take a big scary leap, 99% of you may know it is the right thing to do but there sometimes is this 1% that seems to scream “Idiot! What are you doing?” The day I moved into my first apartment after college that 1% disappeared. The door to the…

Spice in the Souk

There is a book in my kitchen that has been talking to me. It is thick with a padded, damp cloth wipeable cover, full of beautiful pictures and recipes that are hard for me and look too big. But when I open it I can smell the spices and feel the cukes crunch and see faces and places that are not…

The Smile Teacher.

I grew up in a family business and learned pretty early how to do customer service. My Pop had my sister and I working the cigarette counter at our drug store as soon as we could add and subtract and were tall enough see over the counter. Young. He knew we could take care of the customers well…

Lachy’s Falsies

Lachy likes to mess around with my falsie. At the end of the day when I’m tired and a little achey and in the privacy of my own home the object that is supposed to bring visual equilibrium to my chest takes its place on my kitchen counter. Lachy is eight and getting curious about girls, kissing and…

To Those Who Mom

I am pretty sure that at least a billion people have said that being a mother is the hardest job you can ever have. Harder than the hardest job you can possibly think of, I am sure. The thing about being a Mom is that your kids are your legacy, they reflect you, you reflect them. I see my eyes in…

Persnickety. The secret ingredient of French Cuisine.

—Roddy Louther puts a free range chicken under a…

Jambon et fromage, s’il vous plait.

When I was sixteen, me, my sissy and our parents headed to Paris…on Air Pakistan. Air Pakistan…

Rolling Away Tools

In yoga, when you get to the hip work part of class, your mind tends to wander. It is a pretty cool thing that your body does. You can be going along, well into a class, loose and warm, totally focused and clear headed and all of a sudden you move into some serious hip stretch and boom, your…

Synchronicity: What It Is, and How to Experience It

The tools to receive guidance and support…