Today is Ash Wednesday, the day that marks the opening day of Lent, a period of atonement and abstention in the Christian, particularly Catholic, tradition. Although I no longer attend Catholic masses or actively practice many of the traditions, Lent still seems to me to be a powerful time to practice mindfulness, to notice what excesses [...]
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Barbara Samuel O'Neal is the author of more than thirty award-winning novels, including THE LOST RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS and A native of Colorado, Barbara loves teaching, travel, reading, writing, yoga, walking, food, cooking, photography and...okay, reality television. |
If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you know I’ve been engaged in an adventure with my mother. We traveled to Washington DC so that my mother could browse the Smithsonians until she dropped and then we would have dinner every night with my son. Last Friday, of course, it started snowing. I nearly cancelled [...] I’m warmly ensconced at an Italian restaurant in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. I came t0 town to hear Elizabeth Gilbert speak and do some focused work away from the distractions at home. But after three days of my own company, I had to get out of the hotel. It’s pouring rain, which means I am the [...] I’ve been recovering from all the back and forthing, and doing copy edits for my next book, THE SECRET OF EVERYTHING, which will be out at the end of December, and sleeping, and watching movies. Also have guest blogged twice in the past week. At WRITER UNBOXED, I blogged about how to get yourselve moving even [...] Book passed muster (in fact, she said, “I love it even more than Lost Recipe”). I have a cover but can’t show you yet. I’m madly in love with it. In the early am, I’m off to help my son move from California back to NY. We’re flying the cats coach. Gotta love a kid who [...] |
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