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Have you ever really given thought to the conversation that is going on 24/7 in your mind? Anyone who meditates has certainly seen easy it is to get hooked into various patterns of thinking!! It is important to notice these things. Quite often thoughts slip out our mouths before we're aware they were going to do so. My teacher, the late Rev. Helen Street, once said that she only had...

While putting on my makeup this morning, I had one of those moments of enlightenment which make you stop and think. I have always put on my makeup as part of my morning routine, immediately after showering and dressing, and I don't see any reason to change that, just because I'm in the senior age group and live alone. But this morning I suddenly realized that what had once been a mindless...

While relaxing in front of the television last night and flipping through stations for something like 20/20, Dateline, or Primetime. I stumbled upon a CPTV program featuring Barbara Sher. This was the first time I've ever listened to Barbara speak. What she was saying made a lot of sense to me and was very interesting. She's scheduled to give a seminar at the Hartford Hilton this coming June....

My latest addiction, not counting food or writing these musing, is Rex Stout's novels about his protagonist, Nero Wolfe. I have written other musings about Nero Wolfe. In some of them I have talked about slowing reading through Mr. Stout's corpus about Nero. Like anyone who reads novels, I have conjured up a description of Nero and his sidekick, Archie Goodwin, as well as what the other...

I recently embarked on a 14 day cruise through the western Mediterranean with my husband, my son and his fiancé, and dear friends. I experienced the mind suspension that so often accompanies vacations. I spent focused time with seven people I adore; we were immersed in luxury; and our ports of call were the sites of my studies as a Humanities major in college. Our excursions were rigorous-...

I'm on a 14 day cruise through the western Mediterranean with my husband, my son and his fiancé, and dear friends. I'm experiencing the mind suspension that so often accompanies vacations. I'm spending focused time with seven people I adore; we are immersed in luxury; and our ports of call are the sites of my studies as a Humanities major in college. Our excursions have been rigorous- hiking...

As The Relationship Ends If you are a steady reader of my musings then you know the things I write about cover many different subjects. They are, as I say, my observations of and reflections on life. I like to think that you find what I write enjoyable and though provoking and sometime amusing (no pun intended). Every once in a while something crosses my mind that really makes me stop and...