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(This was the Day 47 Love Note from 90 Days 2018) I saw a Frank Zappa piece back in the 70s in which the musicians’

Self-Compassion

When my ex was going to Alcoholics Anonymous, I was struck by the way they counted days of sobriety. If you fell off the wagon,

Trauma

A while back some people at Yale did a small study: they asked folks to imagine they had been granted the super power of being

Teaching

Greetings! It is so nearly spring here in Vermont that the weather changes every day. We are tired of winter–so very tired. Apparently, dancers are

Belly Dance Soul

For the last two months, I have been deep into the How to Create Dance Art course, createdanceart.com. One of the assignments is to note

Improvisation

Once upon a time, I got invited to an acquaintance’s birthday party. I liked her very much, so I went, though she lived almost two

Aging

Bittersweet greetings… Azza Sherif, Egyptian dance icon, passed away in early February of 2019 I had the pleasure of learning from Mme. Azza at Camp

Creativity

We think we know what’s real and what’s not. But do we? The brain can’t tell the difference between fantasy and reality. That’s why we

Belly Dance Soul

Can recipes make you more creative? When I was a kid, any time my Mom and I wanted to cook something new, we hauled out