Feb 25, 2010 | Beauty + Joy
I was walking to the car in our very urban part of town. Something glittery caught my eye on the sidewalk. Someone had made a heart out of tin foil. It made me grin. (Okay, I know it is trash … and trash is bad. But if you look beyond that — it’s a...Feb 17, 2010 | Beauty + Joy
My beau, Ian, and I spent a long weekend in Hollywood, where I was performing in the Mortified Doomed Valentine’s Show. Driving back up Hwy 1, we stopped at Solvang for Aebleskiver (sweet grease balls of dessert) and wandered around...Feb 9, 2010 | Beauty + Joy
The other night I was visiting with some girlfriends and one of them happened to mention that she had made a lip-sync video — “just for fun.” We begged her to show it to us, and she finally relented. (Though afterward, she said she was...Feb 3, 2010 | Beauty + Joy
On Monday I wrote a little bit about focus. That afternoon I went to the library to pick up some books my son and I had reserved online. One that awaited me was Rapt; Attention and the Focused Life, by Winifred Gallagher. I was struck by the lovely coincidence...Jan 20, 2010 | Beauty + Joy
During last night’s Lively Conversation with Trish Bruxvoort Colligan, she talked about how important it is for us to be able to slow down enough so we can actually think about what story we’re coming from or what new story might be wanting to emerge....Jan 15, 2010 | Beauty + Joy
It’s never too late to be what you might have been. — George Eliot 