As milestones go, I guess this is a big one – turning 60 that is. As this birthday approaches, I find myself in state of amazement. How is it possible that I am going to be 60 years old? Let me clarify up front. I don’t have a problem with my age. I’ve never been…
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Life lessons 2.0 from the Camino
“Wanderer, there is no way, the road is made by walking.” That’s what 20th century Spanish poet Antonio Machado said. Turns out he is both right and wrong, as we discovered while walking 215 kilometres (135 miles) on the Camino de Santiago. The Camino is a large network of medieval Christian pilgrimage routes stretching across…
The Essential Habit of Well-being
There’s a handy piece of wisdom that says if you don’t make time for your health now, you will need to make time for illness later. That’s because eventually our choices related to health and wellness eventually catch up with us. When we think about well-being, there are lots of positive habits that come to…
How to take unplugging to the next level
Take 8 adults and no cell service for 3 days and guess what happens? Nothing and everything. This year’s summer family fun weekend involved camping in the mountains. Trees and lakes and beautiful Rockies….and not one bar of service. On one hand that weekend, nothing happened. No scrolling No surfing No liking No sharing No…
Time to celebrate the festival of YOU
Summer is festival season. That means it’s time to celebrate! During festival season no matter your interests or tastes, there is something for everyone: from visual to performing arts, bacon wrapped chicken to Thai watermelon soup, pinot noir to craft beer, street performers to Shakespeare, vintage cars to dragon boats, classical to rock music and…
How do you know when enough is enough?
Enough is enough. When I was a child that’s what my mother used to say when she wanted me to stop doing something…as in “knock it off – enough is enough.” But used in a different context that phrase can have another meaning. I recently read a book about the Swedish art of living a…
How to give your mind a clean sweep
This is the time of year when we do a little spring cleaning to sweep away the dirt that collects over the winter months. With the sun higher in the sky, it’s easier to see the grime on the windows that we didn’t notice with overcast skies. Until we stop for a minute and take…