On Realizing that I’m Actually Kind of a Control Freak
“Look at this!” my friend said to his wife, “Their play dough is still separated by colour!” We had made the play dough together with our daughters about a month […]
Author Archives: Jean Brown
Hallelujah, Jeff Buckley, and Human Achievement as Collaboration
Whatever I thought I was going to write is now gone. As I sit here, the song “Hallelujah”–the Jeff Buckley version–is playing. Even over the hisses and whizzes of the […]
Develop Discipline and Go Get It! (whatever your “it” is)
My alarm chimed me awake at 6:33, and I turned it off. Not even snooze. I’m too tired to get up for yoga today… I went to bed too late… Sleeping is […]
Feature Friday: Let Them Play!
“The Overprotected Kid” by Hanna Rosin, appeared in The Atlantic in April, but I thought it was worth a share still. While it’s aimed at parents, I think there are some interesting […]
Changing back into What You’ve Always Been
In the yoga series I follow at home, Namaste, each episode ends with a bow and a quote from Kate Potter, the developer and narrator of the TV series. The […]
the self-styled life 