Texting is fun, emailing is great but I find the best skill I can practice is one that is not electronic: listening. Listening is the oldest and perhaps the most powerful tool of healing, according to Rachael Naomi Remen, a pioneer in the mind/body holistic health movement and author of Kitchen Table Wisdom. Remen writes… Read more »
Posts By: Mary Kate Cranston
Friends Forever: Billy Crystal & Robin Williams
Comedian Billy Crystal’s tribute to Robin Williams during Monday night’s Emmy Awards was moving because it stripped away the glitter and glitz and glamour of Hollywood and spoke of something essential: the gift of friendship. Crystal talked about what a great friend Robin Williams was to him and to try and imagine the two of… Read more »
Plenty of Positive
Lots of children and parents in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia are waking up earlier than usual this morning and wondering what happened to the easy breezy days of summer. They are looking at the calendar and staring at today’s date and thinking, “How did this happen? How could today be the first day of… Read more »
Baking Zukey Bonanza Bread
Many of our most powerful memories are tied to food. A spectacular cake served at one of our birthdays, a delicious meal eaten at a special restaurant, or a dish made by someone we love. One of my favorite summer memories is remembering the dinners I used to have at a beach restaurant that sadly… Read more »
True Blue Hope
Just a quiet thought today……. Much effort has gone into looking for life elsewhere in the solar system and beyond, always preceded by the question: “Where’s the water?” With water, there could be life, no blue, no life. … Read more »
Prescription: Go To The Beach!
I have always believed that the natural elements of the beach can heal me and help to make me feel whole again. No matter what my age, from childhood to right this minute, the beach is always a comforting place for me to work through my troubles. I have spent countless hours wiggling my feet… Read more »
As High As An Elephant’s Eye
“There’s a bright, golden haze on the meadowThere’s a bright, golden haze on the meadow.The corn is as high as an elephant’s eyeAnd it looks like it’s climbing clear up to the sky.” Lyrics to “Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin’ ” by Oscar Hammerstein II Walking among the farmer’s stalls yesterday, my eyes were in… Read more »
A Neighborly Comfort Zone
I am blessed with great neighbors. We wave and chat when we see each other, we bring our newspapers in for each other when we know someone is away and we all get along in, well, I must say, a neighborly way. We don’t really socialize with each other that much but we are aware… Read more »
We Are Love
Wow!! My weekend certainly went by like a flash! I visited my parents, worked around the house, talked to a very sick friend in the hospital and got a lot accomplished. I hope your weekend was everything you planned it to be!! Starting the new work week with good thoughts is important to me because… Read more »
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A blog about moving through grief by developing resilience, practicing wellness & finding the wicked funny side of life. Widow. Mom. Writer. Dancer.
