Some moments flash by and are gone too quickly to capture as an image with my camera. When that happens, an internal snapshot often takes place and with any luck, it is crisp and clear. A moment like that happened recently and it remains emblazoned...
During our Corona summer, we spent much more time in our home and have created an organic approach to housework. Since our days are largely our own to structure, we do the laundry as needed rather than designate a day of the week to handle...
The assault started sometime after 3am. Baby wanted to play. She no longer permitted the lazy scratch behind the ears while she purred and she ceased being content to patrol the ridgeline of our bodies as we attempted to sleep on our sides. By 4am...
It was a late Saturday afternoon in Cambridge, England and we only had ten minutes remaining in our seminar for the day. The group sat before us, faces upturned, looking to us for direction, inspiration, or something else. The conversation had stuttered to a stop...
Our kitten Baby is very talented with her paws. She can bat a toy around the room or leap and snag a feather “bird” being flown on a string. But when it comes to using those paws with the two of us, she does so,...
Earlier today, as I was passing Shya on the way up to our office loft, he surprised me and stopped my forward momentum. Taking my face in both hands, he kissed me sweetly on the lips and said, “Nothing is more important than this moment.”...
In the past it was rare for us wake in the morning before first light. Sure, it happened when on a fishing adventure or when getting ready to travel in order to catch a flight. But now it is a daily thing. Rare is it...
Baby is not naturally a lap kitty – at least not yet. Primarily, she likes to sit at a distance. She enjoys being near, sometimes very near, but when it comes to sitting on our laps, not so much. We have come to respect her...
Our kitten was born spring loaded to fight her adversaries – even when there aren’t any. She is masterful at pouncing, rolling, tumbling most anything that has the potential to move, even her own tail. We know better than to try and cuddle when that...
An excerpt from Working on Yourself Doesn't Work Note from Ariel and Shya: We originally wrote Greener Pastures in 2007 and we included it in Working on Yourself Doesn’t Work when McGraw-Hill republished it in 2009. As we move through the restrictions that the pandemic...