“I wish you vintage wine in every Coca-cola glass; an end to wishing signalling you’ve found forever at the end of now.” ~Rod McKuen I love this line of verse by Rod McKuen. It stayed with me..

Hi! I wanted to come to the porch to see you and to find out what you’ve been up to and to tell you what I’ve been busy with. I guess I’ll go first ;-) I’ve been..

A story my sister-in-law told me many years ago first piqued my interest in yoga. She found herself in the emergency room sitting at her husband’s bedside as he fought for his life. She told me she..

I’m very happy to introduce my brother, Allan Abbass, who has just published his first book! You may remember meeting him in this post. I invited him to tell us about the career path that led to..

My daughter is studying for her PhD in clinical psychology. As you can imagine, this makes for many interesting conversations! Recently she told me she had learned that we only look for evidence to support what we believe; we..

Hi! How have you been? Have we all been hibernating or just those of us getting buried in snowstorm after snowstorm (me) or those who are trying to channel their writing energy into a book project (me again)…

As you know, I’ve reduced the number of posts at LFI to concentrate on the writing of my second book. But if you know me at all you probably guessed I’d come out to the porch from time..

Hi! Just wanted to brush the snow off the porch and come out to wish you a Merry Christmas! I hope your holiday is filled with peace, joy and much laughter. As a little gift to you..

Christmas is now less than a month away. I suddenly realized this on Sunday and as I did two conflicting emotions gripped me: excitement because our daughter will be home, and dread because it is at Christmastime that I..