coffee and scribbles

The 2016 Project: my little happiness-ritual

For Christmas, one of my brothers gifted me a small beautiful book called a Five Year Memory book.  On each page is the date of every day of the month from January through December, with five mini sections in which you are meant to write one interesting memory from that date over the course of […]

My love affair with Ashtanga Yoga

Well 2015 was a bitch, no doubt!  I’m so glad and relieved to be out of it and into a sparkling new one – I have a real good feeling about 2016!  But, truth be told, that mean-ass year of 2015 made me grow in ways I never would have otherwise.  It was the year […]

Gratitude

Gratitude She sits on a small, wooden chair in the hall, a silent, knowing smile on her soft face. She exudes an air of being comfortable, self-assured and confident while simultaneously gentle, accepting, respectful. Sometimes I forget she’s there, she never makes any fuss either way and I can get so busy and fretful. But […]