A Poem Welcoming Fall
By Katy Hello Cooler Nights, Goodbye Longer Days Hello Leaves, Goodbye Sand Hello Sneakers, Goodbye Flip flops Hello Jackets, Goodbye Bathing Suits Hello Orange & Yellow, Goodbye Blue & White Hello Pencils, Goodbye Sand Toys Hello Apples,…
Happy Chinese New Year – Year of the Water Snake
Happy Chinese New Year! Every year, the Chinese New Year arrives about one month after the calendar New Year. I love this as I feel I have about a month to get my act together to firm up those resolutions,…
New Year’s Resolutions – Include some Fun!
It’s that time of year again when the holidays are over and everyone is looking forward to the fresh start of the New Year. We are all geared up and ready to take on the world. In this energy, we…
Winter Solstice
The first day of winter is Friday, December 21st and this year, 2012, it is more anticipated than other years due to the doomsday predictions regarding the end of the Mayan Calendar. I say phooey to all of these doomsday…
Stress ‘Free’ Holidays?
During the holidays, we know what we want: we want everything to be as near to perfect as possible. We want to be surrounded with loving family and friends, to send holiday cards that reflect our family’s personality, to have…
Cycles of Life & the Elements
Traditional Chinese Medicine or TCM is based, among other things, on the five Chinese elements of wood, fire earth, metal and water. The tradition believes that these elements depict dynamic states of moving energy and phases of change. Each of…
Happy Samhain (or Halloween)
Samhain (pronounced Sah-ween) is an old Celtic custom marking the end of harvest and the beginning of winter, and is known as the end of the ‘old’ year. In fact the Celtic word, Samhain, translates to ‘summer’s end’. It is…
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