Tricks to Beat Frizz on Humid Days

I love the hair and makeup commercials I see on tv and on AOL: “Tricks to Beat Frizz on Humid Days” the headline reads.  “The Best Foundation for Summertime.”  Have these writers ever lived in Florida?  It doesn’t matter what gel or spray you put on your hair and what styling tools you use, the [...]

The rose bush in its own little place in the sun; cleaning the rain gutters

Sunday May 31, 2009. My brother gave me a small tabletop rose bush earlier this year.  It arrived with one rose and a small rosebud.  Within 2 weeks, both roses were spent, and I placed the bush on the table in the sunniest corner of the back porch.  I mean, it being a tabletop rose [...]

Mental

Saturday May 30, 2009.  I watched the tv show Mental last night. Chris Vance is Dr. Jack Gallagher, an unorthodox psychiatrist who becomes Director of Mental Health at an L.A. hospital. He takes on patients battling unknown, misunderstood, and misdiagnosed psychiatric conditions.  Gallagher has developed an ability to get into the minds of his patients [...]

Writing a note to your animal friends

Friday May 29, 2009.  I got this email from a client’s brother after reading my May 2009 Horizons Magazine editorial.   “Hello Andrea, just wanted to let you know how the universe came together for me through one of your suggestions….  First, my name is Steve and I live in Michigan. I have access to Horizons [...]

Lazy Thursday

A lazy Thursday. Not lazy for me, as I will be running around doing things starting early, which means I had better get to bed quickly.  It’s 4:00am as I type this.  So the lazy part is me sharing some of the past week’s Facebook posts, with some after thoughts.  I kind of like [...]

A reminder in the power of belief about physical limitations

Wednesday, May 27, 2009.  I was Googling myself this morning and came across something I’d written several years ago, that someone had shared on their site.  It was a good one, so I wanted to share it here:
I had a great lesson in the power of my beliefs this morning.  As usual on final layout [...]

Pinning myself in and getting myself out of it

Tuesday, May 26, 2009. I didn’t do a blog post this morning because I needed to fly out of here as soon as I woke up to drive to Ocala. I’d finished my  phone work just after 2:00am this morning and had to leave by 7:00am to meet with my Ocala connection before she got [...]

Working with the available light

Monday, May 25, 2009.  Happy Memorial Day. Yesterday for the first time in a long time I found myself driving after dark.  I’d run out to a meeting about 6pm and threw my wallet and phone in my pocket.  I really never need to carry my purse with me, so I didn’t put it in [...]

We need some daily undiluted UV light through our retina; taking a ride to clear the mental cobwebs

I went on a long drive yesterday afternoon.  I’ve not had a chance all week to get out for a change of scenery, and I needed one. I know I live in Paradise, but sometimes driving out to see the rest of the world lets me appreciate it even more when I return.   I’ve [...]