Nobody makes money blogging. Writers never earn enough to survive on. Just do what you need to and get by. You can dream, but also be realistic. Sound familiar? I had earlier determined that I need to probably really take some steps toward finding a regularly paying job. This may mean that I need to…

Having generally settled my schedule now into mid-morning starts and working until 7 or so at night, I have realized that I can now begin to consider doing some online work in the mornings. At the moment, I do my writing or cleaning up of the house, etc, but if I could find some work…

Sometimes I sit down to write my posts knowing that I have thought of a number of different topics to discuss – always thinking I should start a post draft when the idea comes to me, but wave it off saying I’ll remember it – and then I sit to start writing see nothing but…

This week was a break from the gym as I really felt like I needed to see how much the yoga does for me in the week. So, here’s my activity this week. Mar 5 (Sunday) Wellness yoga session Casual yoga practice  Mar 6 (Monday) Casual yoga practice Mar 7 (Tuesday) 5.9km Walk (1km run)…

Back when I first started my life as a ‘lady of leisure’ I joined up with the American Women’s Network. Now, I was a bit hesitant then as I had had a less than ideal interaction with them when I first arrived in the UAE over 8 years ago. However, I really enjoyed the vibe…

Happy International Women’s Day!  Although I do not generally rally behind “international days” of anything (I am sure I wrote a post about this way back…), today allowed me to get onto the embassy grounds of my husband’s homeland.  A few weeks ago I was contacted by someone in the embassy about doing some yoga…

I was starting to feel a bit busy with two yoga sessions nearly every day plus at least one lesson a day. My days are starting to round out to a 2/2:30pm start with a finish between 6-8pm depending on the day. It’s a nice balance really, though takes a bit of getting used to. …

When I think back to the person I was fresh out of college or even during my MA days or at each major change in my life, I discover that I have had the fortunate ability to change mentally, emotionally and physically. I have always been fascinated by the brain and its capacity. My only…

I was listening to My Favorite Murder podcast this week and was entertained at their opening dialog about things they ‘hate’. One example was when someone leaves a bowl of cereal in the sink without rinsing or putting water into the bowl therefore cementing the bits of cereal onto the side of the bowl, which takes…