by Laura | Blog, The Year of Living Courageously
Mary Oliver is a Pulitzer Prize winning poet. She captures nature’s small, intimate happenings and lets herself—and the reader—be astonished over and over again by the mundane but glorious moments. I discovered her work several months ago and have been devouring the...
by Laura | Blog, The Year of Living Courageously
For those of you who didn’t check in last week, we’re discussing Felicity Aston’s solo crossing of Antarctica. To me, the bravest thing about Aston’s journey was her willingness to be on her own for so long. The lack of connectivity with other humans must have been...
by Laura | Blog, The Year of Living Courageously
As most of us crumpled used wrapping paper into the trash, found batteries for the gadgets Santa left under the tree, and swept up glitter and pine needles, Felicity Aston slogged her way across Antarctica, becoming the first woman to make the trek solo. Read about...
by Laura | Blog, The Year of Living Courageously
The new year handed me a test of courage this week and I flunked it. Big time. But then I took a make-up and maybe redeemed myself a little. Here’s what happened: Best Mystery Novel Since … I received a request from an on-line acquaintance I’ll call “Q” to blurb...
by Laura | Blog, The Year of Living Courageously
I did something that took a little, teeny bit of courage this week. Or, at least, fortitude. Resolve, perhaps? I paid for and downloaded a program called “Freedom” that disables Internet access for those folks (me!) lacking the self-discipline to stay away from web...
by Laura | Appearances, Blog, The Year of Living Courageously
The Make-Over is Top to Bottom In a serendipitous adjunct to my new resolve to live courageously, I was pleased to be profiled in Money magazine’s January/February 2012 issue, on newstands just now. Their investment make-over and my attitude make-over both have...
