the after 30 part...

This was a thought in my head as I went out on my run today.  A run, might I add, that was not only my second work out for the day, but a work out that I CRAVED!  I actually felt the need to RUN, which I haven't felt since I was 27.  And it was dumping buckets of rain, but I wouldn't let that stop me.  Three weeks into implementing all six steps of the Depression Cure and I'm feeling better than I have in a very long time.  So what am I doing differently and how?  Let me break it down to you again (the 6 steps). Me: 6-7 days a week (I still believe in free days!) I wake up at 7 am to sit in front of my light box (step 4).   I play scrabble, read emails, study Spanish, etc., for at least 30 minutes in front of my exceedingly bright light.  It kind of feels like a UFO is in the room, it's that bright.  Let me note though, that 7 am is like 3 am for most.  7 am is still night time, 7 am is EARLY!  Ask m...

When Mariah told me that for her 40th birthday she was going to Haines, staying in a cabin by the water, celebrating by hot tubbing and dancing (not at the same time), with some of her most favorite people, I immediately hoped I was one of those favorite people.  I was.  It was beautiful weather in Haines.  First stop was the Haines brewery for some yummy beer and then to the cabin for a wonderful salmon/halibut dinner from our host, Tom.  He also made a home made carrot cake!  Mariah is such a hoot.  She brought all these wonderful pretty dresses for everyone to wear out dancing.  We danced at the Pioneer Bar to a local band called, Swing Set , and had such a great time!  Have I mentioned how much I love dancing?  Happy 40th Birthday Mariah! Lisa, Marie, Nicholle, Charity, Cindy and Mariah The view.

b e - b o p be cool & be you MANIFESTO Join the Movement! Now is the time for spontaneity . Just be. Just bop . Just scat. Just that. Sure, there's classical rules about how to get it right; but don't be tied to old forms-- hold onto that feeling of floating free. Be a stand for asymmetry . Let it rip. Let it riff. Sing it just like Ella with those kooky , random vocables & syllables and nonsense lyrics without words at all. Just make up the sounds! Be-dah. Dee-dop . Doodly-skid. Ski-dah. Believe in art as improvisation . Hold the flag for the avant-garde. It's a true revolution in the art of jazz and living.  It's you !