There are always new stories and new ideas. The stories come from mothers, babies, and research. The ideas come from me, based on 46+ years of clinical practice, and observation. The ideas arrive mostly in the morning. Hence the category: Morning Thoughts.
If YOU have a story to share, contact me and I will put it up.
Teacher training journal: entry #1
Ego drives me to injury. Now that I am doing much more yoga than ever before, I am finding more errors in my technique via painful body parts. This means re-leaning poses, like Adho Mukha Śvānāsana (Down Dog) and in my transition from Phalakasana (High Plank) Chaturanga Dandasana (Low Plank). This means dropping my knees.. read more →
Brandywine Festival: the Clash of ’83
Now that festival season is approaching, we are looking forward to Mt. Airy Fiddler’s Convention, I found this composition I wrote, 35 years ago. Names have been left out to protect the innocent. (LOL.) ******************************* I don’t want to forget any marvelous times that I can remember when I was at the Brandywine Mountain Music.. read more →
Simple human thing
For most of my life, I have struggled to say the right thing. Growing up, I struggled to find the right thing to say that wouldn’t turn my mother into a raging beast, or bring down my father’s scorn. As a lactation consultant and a nurse, I struggled to find the right thing to say that.. read more →
The family linen stash.
Today, I got rid of 3 boxes full of antique yarns and threads, doilies, anitimicassars, dresser scarves, aprons, place mats, napkins and the like that belonged to my grandmother. This was her family stash. She was a notable needlewoman, having learned to do so because that’s what girls were expected to do in that era;.. read more →
Elevator gratitude
My husband was felled by Guillain-Barré Syndrome on October 19, going from yoga class on Wednesday night to the ICU on Thursday night. Fortunately, the paralysis stopped short of the muscles that work his breathing. Once diagnosed, he received a daily infusion of immune globulin for 5 days in ICU; then he was transferred to.. read more →
Meanness breeds meanness.
I felt embarrassed by the White Hours Correspondent’s Dinner videos I saw. I saw mud-slinging. I saw KellyAnne Conway and Sarah Huckabee Saunders hold their heads up, and be gracious and polite during the onslaught of petty remarks that were neither funny nor respectful. While I disagree with their views, I give them the respect.. read more →