“…and I know no matter what the waitress brings, I shall drink in and always be full/ yeah, I will drink in and always be full,” John Popper. (“Runaround,” Blues Traveler) In Yoga-with-a-big-y, we study the Yamas and Niyamas. If you’ve been a reader for a while, you know that these concepts, or paths forContinue reading “Waitress, this isn’t what I ordered! …or is it? “
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Chickens & Geese
How funky is your chicken? How loose is your goose? This cute little ditty made famous by Buffy the Vampire Slayer is bound to make you shake your pom poms, but that’s not why we’re here. Or is it? Can we be funky and loose? Or are we staid and as the kids say, “tight”? Continue reading “Chickens & Geese”
It’s raining men!
“Hallelujah, it’s raining men!,” Paul Shaffer, and Paul Jabara Now before you log off, laugh your asana off, or crank up this catchy tune from the early 80s co-penned by some sunglass-bespeckled baldie from nighttime TV to sing along, pop a squat, grab a cuppa whatever, and get comfy. This struck me as especially yogic.Continue reading “It’s raining men!”
Painting by numbers
“And we’ll paint by numbers ’til something sticks,” Kids by Guy Chambers & Robert Williams Not many of us nail it on the first try, beginner’s luck notwithstanding. We have to fake it ’til we make it. “If you stumble, make it part of the dance.” The Wisdom of Unicorns by Joules Taylor. Does anyone,Continue reading “Painting by numbers”
Poop is round, and I’m a lousy shot
“Poop is round & I’m a lousy shot,” me.* We have a pet rabbit in our menagerie. He is going to be 10 soon. Even though he’s litter box trained, sometimes he, uh, makes deposits nearby and not inside the cage. So, I pick up the poop, and toss it towards the cage. I willContinue reading “Poop is round, and I’m a lousy shot”
“We moonwalk the foxtrot & polka the salsa,” Spice up Your Life, Matt Rowe, Richard Stannard, and the Spice Girls Besides being super-catchy, and getting lots of air play throughout the 90s, this group’s songs were anthems for girls (and humans) everywhere. While Girl Power! as a battle cry might not have aged well intoContinue reading
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