Body love

In separate conversations with some friends this week, the subject of our bodies came up. We’re all between 49 and 55. At one time this would have been incessant breathless chatter about the latest gimmick in cardio or some infantilizing language about how...

A dash of angst

I was walking around my town running errands last week and the same poster kept hitting me. A well-intended one, but something about it kept bothering me because it was advocating an anxiety-free life. Here’s what happened when I thought it through....

Picture perfect

I woke up this morning and made oatmeal. On my kitchen wall was a photo of a window in Ireland that a friend took. I had it blown up and framed because I really like how the light comes through the ferns. But it never really fit the wall. The scale was off. I tried to...

Anger unleashed

Went through a nice, long period of learning to be more spiritual in my 40s. It was great to acquire more knowledge, go within and strive to wipe out anger. Now, with the dawn of 50 a month ago (and maybe a little before), I realize anger is healthy and often more...

All this fuss over a game?

This one was prompted by a question a friend posed while watching a particularly tense football game last weekend The Super Bowl teams — Patriots and Giants — give insight to the answer. Today’s Game Plan: This Is Why We Watch Sports