Spring is here, and it is time to look at all your habits when it comes to healthy eating, working out and self-care.
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History has a tendency to repeat itself. After the pandemic of 1918, everyone wanted to get out and see the world. And they did with rudimentary social tools that were available back in the day. Social restrictions are just terrible both then and now. And as we rotate out of the current COVID pandemic, the urge to get out is stronger than ever. And our social tools are more abundant now than ever.
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St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is one of Christianity’s most widely known figures throughout the world. But for all of his prevalence in culture; namely the holiday held on the day of his death that bears his name—his life remains somewhat of a mystery. Many of the stories traditionally associated with St. Patrick, including the famous account of his banishing all the snakes from Ireland, are false, the products of hundreds of years of exaggerated storytelling. Information below is from History.com and it is a story I had never heard before---and I am Irish!
St. Patrick was born in Britain—not Ireland—to wealthy parents near the end of the fourth century. He is believed to have died on March 17, around 460 A.D.
Although his father was a Christian deacon, it has been suggested that he probably took on the role because of tax incentives and there is no evidence that Patrick came from a particularly religious family.
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WORKAHOLIC?
IS THIS YOU:
Hard-charger?
Achievement-driven?
“It takes discipline for me not to work.”
“I can sleep when I’m dead.”
“Never enough…I must do more, more, more.”
If so…
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As we joyfully anticipate the renewal of spring, there’s a bit more work to be done in the shadow of winter. We are now in Pisces season and its watery energy has many of us out to sea. Emotions are heightened, and the pull of the past and deeply buried feelings are visiting us once again. The question is - what do we do about it? This is where The Moon card is our friend.
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Does your dog ever look at you wondering, “When are we going to change up our walking routine?” Or when you look in their eyes, do you see them wondering “Is this the only place that we can walk? Can’t we go somewhere I can have some different scents to sniff?” That’s exactly what led the South Coast Botanic Garden (Garden) staff to create their Dog Walking Hours program.
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It’s no secret, we are all looking for the fountain of youth – and lifting weights is ONE major key component. Before we move on…let’s set one myth straight – muscle does not become fat and fat does not become muscle. You are either burning fat and building muscle, losing muscle and gaining fat or losing both or gaining both – but they don’t turn into each other.
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Oh, my! In this summer of COVID-19, the spike in new cases of puppyhood peaked around July, with all those new additions romping and playing now through the fall and winter. What a joy to watch puppies at play. But what are they really doing?
Doggonit, Play is Serious Business!
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Anna Margolina writes; “I struggled with the concept of unconditional love. I was taught that unconditional love begins by loving others before yourself. Yet, what if my love quest began with unconditionally loving me first? After all, if I fill myself to the brim with self-love, it would be easier to pour more love to those around me. So, I cracked the love code first with me, myself, and I. It was a good choice because we were readily available, we knew me better than anyone else, and we love to learn. As I've learned to love myself, I find it spilling out to those around me for no particular rhyme or reason.”
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One of nature’s greatest shows happens here on the Palos Verdes Peninsula coastline and the best seats are at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center in Rancho Palos Verdes. It’s gray whale southbound migration season, and the peak travel time is about to hit.
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Chinese New Year is the most important Holiday of the year in Taiwan! The date is January 1st, but it must go by the Lunar Calendar, thus this year is February 12th on the Western Calendar! The year of Ox!
As I can recall, the celebrations usually go on for 15 days, some companies would give their employees 7-14 days off for uniting and celebrating with their family!
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The month of February signifies unconditional love, compassion, and communication. One of the best ways to connect to our loving state is being inspired by nature’s beauty. For the last 25 years, Jenny Barker has owned South Bay’s highest rated floral shop, Magical Blooms. She has dedicated her soul purpose to share the healing energy flowers offer. Barker uses her knowledge of floral energies to design high frequency arrangements that uplift, inspire, and create joy for her clients.
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It’s February and love abounds with Cupid’s arrows piercing hearts and the passion of Aphrodite unleashed on countless lovers. On the “silver screen” traditional romance - unrequited or comic - quirky romps, exceptional scenarios, sensual moments, represent capricious and captivating stories. As the song goes “Love makes the world go round….” and much entertainment to be savored. Enjoy your favorite movie candy viewing some great films with deep sentiment, joy, laughter, and maybe a few tears.
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We’ve made it to 2021! While it would be lovely to imagine that the struggles and grief of last year are a thing of the past, it wouldn’t be true. We are still dealing with the same issues and their accompanying emotions. However, one way we can create space for new possibility is to allow ourselves to heal. Healing is often depicted as something soft and cozy that takes place in an ambience of wind chimes and aromatherapy candles.
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Strolling along Rodeo Drive, it wasn’t uncommon to see one of our Asian visitors decked out in a fabulously trendy outfit and donning a mask. I knew this was quite common in China and thought perhaps they wanted to protect themselves from the Los Angeles smog or simply didn’t want to catch a cold.
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You choose what you notice; then, what you notice, becomes the “map” of what you do next. Like the GPS in your car, you set your course with stories you tell yourself. Then, away you go in that direction. The course you take is based on your most dominant thought. Unless you change your perception, you’ll just hum along on automatic pilot without a second thought.
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When candy shops spelled shop ‘shoppe’ and children saved their nickels to buy candy cigarettes, you could buy unwrapped horehound cough drops covered in powdered sugar. These cough drops were soothing to sore throats and enjoyed as candy. Today, you can find horehound as an ingredient in Ricola cough drops.
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The print forecast for Spring-Summer 2021 is going to be full of bold as well as surreal smudgy prints. RTW in Spring Summer 2020 has witnessed the play of a wide variety of bold florals, jungle leaves, and animal prints.
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