Goddesses Never Age
Posted on March 16, 2015 2 Comments
Dr. Christiane Northrup’s newest book is a 
fantastic women’s manual for living agelessly. The foundation is set with “Age is just a number, and agelessness means not buying into the idea that a number determines everything from your state of health to your attractiveness to your value.” Each chapter addresses specific areas of life and how we can embody them in a positive, healthy, healing, empowering, and supportive way. Creativity and joy are crucial components to nurture, in every context!
I love how this approach to health includes our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual selves. The approach is also driven by health support, rather than search-and-destroy missions of seeking problems to fix. Modern medicine is embraced and celebrated in conjunction with tuning into and honoring individual inner wisdom. The author’s wit, knowledge, and grace make this a flowing and enjoyable read.
Anyone interested in any form of health will appreciate this book, especially women. I am now empowered with a new life formula, as shared by the author’s quote of Esther Hicks and Abraham–“happy, healthy, dead.”
I received this book from Hay House in exchange for my honest opinion of it. Happy, healthy, read! 🙂
Full Double Sun Rings
Posted on March 4, 2015 2 Comments
A breathtaking sight on a cold, clear morning. Witnessing this natural event was a first for me, and I was in awe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLvqrCHkfPQ
Music by Enya, “And Winter Came.”
The Fourth Rule of Ten
Posted on February 25, 2015 Leave a Comment
I love this Dharma Detective series by Gay Hendricks and Tinker Lindsay, and this newest mystery continues to shine! (There are three previous stories about this character.) Anyone who enjoys mystery stories, enlightenment, or both, will thoroughly enjoy this book, The Fourth Rule of Ten.
Tenzing Norbu: ex-monk, ex-LAPD, private detective, hugely likable character. His fourth rule is about letting go of expectations, and his cases and relationships provide opportunities for practice. A conglomerate teaser of story elements includes:
- Human trafficking
- A shocking development with his longtime friends
- A foreign country
- Missing persons
- A developing network of personal support
- The return of a person important in his past
And of course, the detailed cars, guns, and lunches are still present, as is the purring Tank. Also, he still appreciates a good beer.
It’s good to know some things are constant, even as we let go of expectations and outcomes.
This book was given to me in exchange for my honest opinion of it, through the Hay House Book Nook blogger program.
Sweet Lucille’s Traveling Beer Can Vase
Posted on February 24, 2015 5 Comments
Recently we celebrated my Grandmother’s 98th birthday–on Friday the 13th! I gave her a silk white rose to brighten her room, and used a very special “vase” I had been saving just for her….
Mom with Grandma Lucille’s gift
When I was about 6 or 7 years old, Grandma and Grandpa had come to stay with us for the weekend at our home in northern Minnesota. Mom, Dad, my brother, and I were all showing Grandma and Grandpa the homestead, walking around and chatting. I was proudly showcasing to Grandma a particular part of the outside, an area of the woods off of the yard that Dad had christened “Gina’s Park.”
Grandma sipped on her beer as she appreciated my park, and when she finished it, promptly tossed her empty can off to the side in the trees and strolled back into the house with the group. Appalled, I went back and fished out the trash she had left in my sacred ground.
Privately sharing my indignation with Mom, she encouraged me to let Grandma know how I felt. Too shy to directly confront the criminal, I wrote a note and taped it to the offending can, which I then presented to Grandma. As it was read aloud, the entire family got a tremendous and supportive laugh! There was lots of hugging, and Grandma graciously apologized. She good-naturedly took the can home with her, declaring that she’d give it back to me when I was a grownup.
“Grandma, you litterbug! You threw this can in Gina’s Park!”
She did! Grandma saved that can for twenty years, and presented it back to me as a housewarming gift when I was finished with college, gainfully employed, and successfully living on my own. It was a wonderful gesture, much loved and appreciated. I saved that can…
…for another twenty years! And now, I am sharing the love by passing it back to Sweet Lucille. May it bring her joy, no matter what form, to add to her continued pluckiness and humor.
Wrapped in Generations of Love
You’ll Get A Charge Out of This Story
Posted on February 12, 2015 Leave a Comment
Today’s guest writer, Janet, is a dear friend from waaaay back. As in, back in the days of high school. Which was when telephones had curly cords and were actually attached to walls. Not so far back as rotary dials, though–push buttons were becoming downright common.
Janet captures an unsuspected treasured moment with those in the same car, on the same ride, as yourself in Life’s Adventure Park. Thank you for sharing, Janet. 
gina drellack 