ONE. One of the greatest pleasures in the world is good food, and Elisabeth (HI ELISABETH) asked what was the single best meal you had in 2024? I mean, I went to Italy for three weeks. I had so many good meals! Plus, my garden was so prolific this year that I was able to […]
A New Kind of Yoga Challenge
January 13, 2025 by 73 Comments
It’s that time of year where people are making all sorts of goals; specifically, it seems, health and wellness goals. I miss teaching yoga, a little, at this time of year because my classes always had some enthusiastic and curious new students. I really loved it, introducing people to yoga and specifically introducing them to […]
Twelve Drillers Drilling
January 6, 2025 by 50 Comments
Today is the twelfth day of Christmas, and I am celebrating with dental work! Apparently two fillings I have in my mouth, dating from 1982, are cracking and causing fissures in my molars. According to the dentist, four decades exceeds the maximum life expectancy for those metal fillings we got in the 80s, which was […]
Holiday 2024 Roundup and Reading
January 2, 2025 by 50 Comments
I am a person who derives a lot of energy from the idea of a Fresh Start, and it doesn’t even have to be anything as significant as a new year. It could be a new month, a new week, a new day; even a new lipstick or pair of panties will signify a Fresh […]
Boyhouse Year In Review 2024
December 31, 2024 by 38 Comments
Happy New Year’s Eve, friends! I hope you have been having a lovely holiday season. It’s time again for the Year in Review! These annual reviews are so much fun for me to do, mostly because I can hardly remember what I wore yesterday, let alone what happened last February. It’s a great exercise to […]
Festivus, But Without Grievances
December 23, 2024 by 55 Comments
So, an anti-Festivus? One week ago today I finished the second draft of my novel. It was my goal in 2024 to write one draft, and now I have finished two, right in time to enjoy the holidays and a break before my revising and editing course starts in January. To say I’m pleased with […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Holiday Miracles Edition
December 19, 2024 by 48 Comments
It snowed! Let me tell you, there is NOTHING to make a person appreciate snow like moving to a place in which it snows very little from a place where it can snow literally any month of the year, and does constantly between October through May. Here, if it snows at the end of February […]
