July - 2015

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Seasonal Sensitivity

I can remember a time when, at about 12 years of age, I walked through the snow in bare feet. For fun. I loved the feeling of the crisp...

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A Day in Bed

I sometimes have days where I feel like I just don’t want to get out of bed. How nice it would be to have the time to just think and...

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Delighting in Disappointment

My life has been filled with disappointment. I’m sure that you have experienced a lot of disappointment as well. We all experience times...

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The Meaning of Happiness

Happiness is something we all seem to want more of in our lives, but what exactly do we mean when we say that we want to be happy? The...

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40 for 40 #6: Sourdough

I have always been curious about sourdough, but when I recently read that it both had a lower glycemic index than other breads and...

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40 for 40 #5: Hat’s On

I bought myself my first big fancy hat. Not only is it de rigueur for the Devon Horse Show, the event at which I first wore it, it...

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Who Am I To Save The World?

As a naive young college graduate in the late 1990s, I can remember actually telling people who interviewed me as I embarked upon a...