by Elizabeth Richie | Nov 30, 2010 | Wellness and Spirituality
Introspection is the art of looking inward at the Self. Hear then, the Song of the West Wind: Oh Human, Know Thyself! Were you taught as a youngster to look at yourself and examine your behavior, your strengths and your weaknesses, talents and flaws? Do you see...
by Elizabeth Richie | Nov 30, 2010 | Wellness and Spirituality
“Spartan Gruel”–How does that sound for the name of a new breakfast cereal? HAHAHA. Not too good, I suppose, unless you are a fanatic fan of the film, 300, and you want abs like Gerard Butler…or a boyfriend. � But diet is, of course, a...
by Elizabeth Richie | Nov 28, 2010 | Wellness and Spirituality
This is the Sunday that Christians celebrate as the first Sunday in Advent, the coming of the Christ into the stream of human life. Christmas carols are now acceptable on the radio and in the Richie household. We all enjoy the traditional music from Handel’s...
by Elizabeth Richie | Nov 27, 2010 | Wellness and Spirituality
Could you or would you ever choose to live a little house that is a 15 X 15 foot square? This is not the classic American Dream by any stretch of the imagination. The big McMansion is our cup of tea. Did you ever drive by a new “development” of...
by Elizabeth Richie | Nov 27, 2010 | Wellness and Spirituality
I’m back home in West Virginia today. From 1979 to 1985, I lived in a root cellar of stone built into the side of a hill in a shady, narrow hollow in the Mountain State. No electricity or running water for six years–bailed the water from a hand-dug well;...
