Beth Terry | August 24, 2008
There’s a rhythm in the desert. We humans think we’re so different from the other critters that roam this earth, but not really. If we watch how they interact, we’ll find great insights into ourselves and our instincts. Such is true this warm Sunday morning.
During our desert summer I struggle to get up earlier than […]
Beth Terry | May 11, 2008
She looked so frustrated last week. I saw her in the airport. This young mother of twin rambunctious pre-school boys was definitely considering abandonment. The boys weren’t really all that bad. In her backyard, she would have been smiling indulgently. But this was an airport and her mothering skills were being questioned by complete strangers!
They […]
Beth Terry | April 20, 2008
When did “to google” become a verb? I google, you google, she googles…I would imagine that Google™ has mixed feelings about this, just as Kleenex™ and Xerox™ do. on the one hand, it’s good to be a household name, on the other hand, common use renders the brand less effective.
Nevertheless, since yesterday was my birthday, […]
Beth Terry | April 6, 2008
We get caught up in our little dramas and effectively are the architects of our Life Un-balance. It’s so easy to think our problems are worse than anyone else’s. Hopefully that point of view changes as we experience more of life and the world. It’s called ‘maturity’ - but then, that isn’t so common these […]
Beth Terry | March 16, 2008
Psychology Today’s recent edition covers our appetite hardwiring and the weight challenge. Research suggests that we are wired to know when we are too thin, but not when we are overweight.
Primal programming was set in our far-off ancestors to urge them to eat when they could, you never knew when famine might hit. Primal programming […]
Beth Terry | March 2, 2008
At long last, Thin Mints are back. Every woman who ever belonged to the Girl Scouts has her favorite cookie. Mine is those little minty chocolate covered disks. I don’t know how many calories in a cookie - or box for that matter. It’s against my religion to count calories or grams of anything in […]
Beth Terry | February 24, 2008
We live in and around parallel universes. I was reminded of this when I read A.O. Scott’s commentary on the Oscars in today’s New York Times, “And that, it should not be forgotten, is what the Academy Awards represent: the self-assessment of a self-interested, self-involved professional clique.”
Today, the parallel universe that is Hollyweird is all […]
Beth Terry | February 17, 2008
It’s halfway through February. How are your New Year’s Resolutions doing?
So many of us start this resolution thing with great energy. When we’re younger and invincible, it seems a given we will get where we want to go, eventually. When we’re older and beat up a little by time and circumstances, it usually takes […]
Beth Terry | January 20, 2008
My entire family was flying in later that day. As I rushed through last minute preparations, I looked out my kitchen window and thought for a moment a new statue had appeared.
Standing proud and still with a plump gray pigeon in his talon, a hawk paused on the red rocks in my back yard. He […]
Beth Terry | December 30, 2007
I missed an episode of Men in Trees last month. I was traveling in Hawaii and my hosts weren’t addicted to that show like I am. I didn’t know I was addicted until I missed it. When I got home I logged onto ABC to see if I could download the episode I missed. Sorry…I’m […]
The way I see it, Cactus is the most resilient plant in the desert. If you find yourself stuck out on the desert and you can get past the thorns, its fruit will save your life. The same goes for us human critters. If we can get past the thorns of our own life, what we find in our core will save us and sustain us.
