Happy Labor Day,
The month of September is a good time for me to labor less and take a month off from writing these Blog Posts. I began this Blog eight months ago, not understanding the likes of Word Press, Go Daddy, perma-links nor widgets. Don, my Blog designer/technician, who sits at his desk in Sacramento, has enabled me to limp through this social media maze of mass confusion quite successfully. It still amazes me that I can “totally mess up”, while writing/posting in Las Vegas, Aspen, Flagstaff or Mammoth, send Don a slightly panicky e-mail, and, in a flash, he rights my wrongs, no matter where in the West I am located. Don is a calm man.
This is trite, I know……. but, the past eight months of writing this Blog, have been not only a love labor for me but a purposeful adventure and ongoing healing process. Aren’t we all needing to heal from something? My life seems to move along more smoothly when I can write out, in words, or cook through, with new recipes, my somethings, ponderings and ideas. That anyone would choose to read those words (yes, I know, it’s free) is very flattering.
I won’t be idle. I have a list, of course.
Just a few September suggestions to kick-start Fall 2011:
- Read “One-Hundred Names for Love”, author Diane Ackerman’s new memoir.
- See “The Debt”, an espionage thriller now in your local theatre. Bravo to Helen Mirren for not only acting her age but “showing” her age. Very classy, Helen.
Actress Helen Mirren in “The Debt”
- Visit this site: http://www.ted.com/ It is just amazing and incredible. (Thanks to Melissa Place, http://flyingnotscreaming.com/ for the suggestion.)
- Attack your closet with a vengeance and let a clothes-purge set you free. Then, work out a Budget and choose 5 items to enhance your Fall Wardrobe. There are all sorts of fashion clues at on-line sites and in fashion magazines. Shop carefully, try different stores, and insist that quality be your guide.
- Get a new hair cut.
- Re-connect with an Old Friend.
- Set One Goal for the Fall. Just one. (My Goal is to do better with the life I’ve been dealt…….to accept it as “my normal.”)
- When you’re at the grocery store, buy some products or items you’ve never used before. Experiment and be creative with new foods.
- Learn to pick out two or three constellations in the Fall Sky. Choose a clear night, do some on-line homework, and gaze at the stars.
- Worry less. Be gentle with yourself. Be kind to others. Smile more. Laugh often.
See you in October.