It's been a week of walks ... in AZ, TX, IN, ID, MT, and this afternoon in a nature reserve along Lake Erie in Huron, Ohio. It's also been a week of getting my computer back in shape ... and it's much happier now. With a new hard drive (thanks to an AWESOME Apple genius in Phoenix) and all the files downloaded from my desktop at home, my MacBook and I are pretty much back in business. Even with...

I arrived in Phoenix today for a conference - and had a lovely walk to dinner (ancho beef and mango salad, VERY yummy). On the way back, I took some lovely photos of bougainvilleas - planned to write about being ADVENTUROUS (another of the It's All About You messages, as well as a wonderful presentation that I heard this afternoon on authentic happiness). However, when I got back to my room,...

AHHHHHHHHH ... let's hear it for flexibility. Let me count a few of the ways that I've been practicing my own flexibility this week.  The Puppy Fitness Plan: Since I have been puppy-sitting Rok, I have been on his outdoor schedule ... which translated into 3 to 4 nice long walks a day. I'm thinking of writing a book: Five Secrets to Getting Fit and Flexible with Your New Pu...

What really helps motivate me to walk are my dogs, who are my best pals. They keep you honest about walking because when it's time to go, you can't disappoint those little faces. Wendie Malick Some more cynical folks might think that this entry is merely a ploy to publish a photo of my adorable grandpuppies - Loop (a border collie) on the left and Rok (border collie/Welsh terrier cross) on ...

The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution. Stephen Sondheim I had never been much of a crossword puzzle buff until 1996 - when the movie Wordplay got me interested in filling in the little squares in newspapers. (The movie is all about the New York Times Crossword Puzzle, its editor Will Shortz, a crossword competition, the people who spend all year getting re...