#reverb 12, Day 16: Who inspired you? I could talk about the 'famous' people I find inspirational. That would be easy. But today the words seem empty and unimportant, considering all that's happened over the weekend. Too much sadness, too much loss, too many bullets. All weekend long I've heard the phrase 'it takes a [...]

#Reverb12, Day 15: What tingled your tastebuds? My taste buds traveled in 2012.   In DC I drooled over fried chicken and waffles, sweet and crunchy and familiar and unique.  I passed on the deep fried cheeseburger but indulged in creamy risotto and sinful french fries and sweet treats from a famous place. In Chicago [...]

  I can't. I've spent the better part of the day consumed by the television reports of the senseless violence that happened in one of the last places in our world we had considered–up until this morning–sacred and safe. I've spent the better part of the day alternating between tears and nausea, thinking of the [...]

  So here's the thing; sometimes what we think is best actually turns out to be worst. I was cleaning out my filing cabinet a couple of weeks ago. I'm a shameless packrat and I. Keep. Everything. For some reason, I think I need the slips of paper with disjointed thoughts and reminders scribbled on [...]

Reverb 13: Please post your favourite picture of yourself from 2012, self-portrait or otherwise! I've looked through every last one.  Every picture from 2012; the good, the bad, the ugly and the unrecognizable. And there's not one of me, just me, without a child or a boyfriend. That says something, right? Maybe that I snap the [...]

Reverb 9: What was the best book you read in 2012, and why? (And by "Why?" I mean: Why did you read it? And why was it your favourite? Although these answers could be one and the same…!) If you only knew how many books I have, just waiting to be read. They taunt me, really, [...]

  Today's #Cultivate12 Prompt from Meredith: Foodie Friday — Cultivate Style: Food nourishes us. Some foods give us more enjoyment than others. Some foods leave us feeling less than ourselves. What foods nourished your soul and body this year? What food choices can you make in 2013 to cultivate more self-care?   I spent part of [...]

  Combining two prompts for today. The first, from Meredith: Letting Go: What do you need to let go of to cultivate your best life in 2013? and the second, from Kat:  What will you take with you?    If you only knew how many times I've started this prompt today. I've written about everything [...]

  Lesson: We may have started this year with the best of intentions, but plans may have gone awry. What lesson really jumped out at you this year? How can you cultivate that lesson going forward? Lessons? Yeah, I've had lessons. Haven't we all? I've been marveling with friends lately just how quickly life moves; [...]

"What was your favorite Christmas gift when you were little?" He's asking me all sorts of questions these days; my favorite movie, what ice cream I like, what I liked to study–and what I hated studying–when I was in school. He's a thoughtful boy, my middle guy; so tender, so amiable, so interested in what [...]