: About Me

I come from a family of storytellers. I learned to read and write at an early age and fell in love with writing from the start. I have kept a journal for most of my life and then I discovered blogging. I have had a blog since the fall of 1998.

I was born in Massachusetts, and then I lived for many years in Oregon and briefly in southern California. Now I live in the Washington, DC area. I have a Bachelor's degree in English and I am currently working for a foundation.

Of course I love to write, but knitting is my other passion. I also paint, sew, cook fabulous vegetarian meals, bake home made bread and consume as much chocolate as I can get away with.

I am also a yoga enthusiast and I am preparing to take my first 200-hour yoga teacher training course.

My passion is ...

writing, knitting, yoga, laughing hard

I know too much about ...

knitting

My parents always told me ...

to wear clean underwear

My childhood ambition ...

to make my parents proud of me

My favorite memory ...

summers on Martha's Vineyard Island

Why I write ...

because I must

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Anne Lamott, Law & Order, John Legend

My first job ...

making quilts

My best moment ...

right now

My inspiration ...

my guru within-the Holy Spirit

Health & Fitness > Pilates & Yoga Yoga: Tone your mind, body and spirit

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Yoga is at once a physical and spiritual art form, which uses movement, breath and meditation to focus and direct the mind. Yoga is a Sanskrit word that means, "union," representing the union of the body, mind and spirit. Yoga has its origins in the East and also in Africa as a spiritual practice with the goal of providing its followers with a path to enlightenment. In the West, the practice of yoga has gained popularity as form of physical fitness and a great way to minimize the stress of modern life. Most people think of the physical aspects of yoga such as the poses or asanas,' but yoga...

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