Life’s Simple Pleasures

Life’s Simple Pleasures

Life’s Simple Pleasures Today, I have just one thing to share. Yet it’s countless. It’s life’s simple pleasures. A teacher of mine highlighted this for me recently. She encouraged me to focus my attention on life’s subtle joys. Let me...
Chocolate, Otter AI, and Hubris

Chocolate, Otter AI, and Hubris

Chocolate It turns out today is National Milk Chocolate Day. How do I know? I am a subscriber to Lindt’s newsletter, and they kindly sent me a coupon (see the value in subscribing to newsletters?!). I looooove chocolate. Lindt is my go-to when I need something...
Slow Joy, Newsletters, and Nimona

Slow Joy, Newsletters, and Nimona

Slow Joy Why are we all so busy all the time? Even when it’s really good things like lots of work with great people, playdates at the pool, evenings at the Escape Room with friends, meditation, cooking, exercise, books to read, shows to watch, and people to...
Hitler, Summertime, and Collaboration

Hitler, Summertime, and Collaboration

Secret Hitler Now that we live near civilization, we have been hosting friends a lot! It’s delicious for me, Nick tolerates it because he’s a wonderful partner (he enjoys company too just in smaller doses). Recently, some of our good friends came over and...
Longevity, Bird Song, and Gypsy Spirit

Longevity, Bird Song, and Gypsy Spirit

Longevity I read an article by Peter Attia, MD author of Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity that caught me by the gut – it’s a weird thing to say, you are correct, but it feels right. He uses the term Centenarian Decathlon as a “framework to...