Sandals for hiking! Set your toes free! Headquartered in Missoula (❤️), Bedrock makes lightweight sandals with grippy bottoms and...

I say NO to Power Yoga. That was another era. Now I go for stretchy, restorative yoga. Adriene and Benji have been my YouTube go-to for...

I like this idea . Designate one day each month to catch up on life tasks; one day to unplug and relax; one day to review and plan. I...

Five stars. ( ★★★★★ ) I am fascinated by anauralia (lack of an inner voice), aphantasia (lack of visual imagination), and the general diversity of the inner human experience. Do I Know You?: A Faceblind Reporter’s Journey into the Science of Sight, Memory, and Imagination explores a range of neural diversity from faceblindness to super recognition. Sadie Dingfelder describes with great humor how her special brain has presented challenges in life, but also some surprising

Four stars. ( ★★★★ ) Solid takeaways, but could have been shorter. There’s some interesting stuff in Four Thousand Weeks , around a resonant premise that living for a future state or version of oneself is a good way to waste a life. But, like many books of this genre it could have been a podcast or an article. Oliver Burkeman coins two great phrases: cosmic insignificance therapy (experiences that lighten the burdens of life by reminding us how little we matter) and poss

Another double-header. If you enjoy one of these shows you’ll probably like the other. Bodkin (Netflix) and Deadloch (Amazon) are both...

Wait, now it’s August !? And, am I really sensing autumn in the air? Perhaps it’s the ever-darkening mornings, the dryness of the grass...

Happy purchase! I’ve seen these cheerful silicone lids in gift stores for years but never realized what a game-changer they would be. ...

Five stars. ( ★★★★★ ) Science! Not woo-woo. I can see why the author of The Expectation Effect was compelled to explicitly distance his book from The Secret and other nonsense. The book explains how perceptions and expectations influence outcomes – from learning, to health and wellness, to stress management, and aging. The audio version was an easy listen and a useful mindset tune-up. (I will be bummed if this one ends up in the debunking crosshairs of If Books Could Kill

I know these are low-quality photos. I don’t have the energy to invest in the research (and probably, equipment) to take beautiful moon...

Not an ideal Saturday morning , driving to SFO to locate my carry-on bag which had become a gate-checked bag and then an abandoned bag...

I saved the “For Barb ONLY” sign ; I anticipate many future uses. Chocolate-chip peanut butter cookies were a truly awesome welcome...

I’m making this about me. This is the end of an era and I am bummed! Susan was my tether to Minneapolis-St. Paul – my adopted hometown...

How are we halfway through the year already? The Solstice Full Moon was bright and beautiful, and now I’m sad to think of the mornings...

(★★★) Could be worse.

It took Elizabeth’s impending move to spur me to action on our long-standing and vague plan. I’m so glad we did it and grateful to...

I’m kind of cheating… I did see the full moon on May 23, from an Uber on the way home from SFO after an exhausting flight from London....

Oh wait, this is really good . Yeah I waited until 2023 to try avocado toast for the first time. I’m not a fad-follower and it never...

I don’t know which is more effort: Trying to wrap my brain around the scientific premise or giving up and focusing on the characters and...

Clouded over, again… Which kind of matches how I’ve been feeling lately. Am I controlling the weather? #5Stars #MoonQuest