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Category: Spontaneity

The Best Gift: Rediscovering Zest

Posted on December 24, 2011February 27, 2016 by Pamela Tsigdinos

I realize I’m a bit premature talking up the New Year when 2012 is still a week away. We got a head start by celebrating the winter solstice December 21 with champagne. How can you not look ahead and start making plans with the days getting longer? That’s not all.  I’ve had a series of odd dreams. In one…

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Gratitude Inventory: Freedom, Romance and Much More

Posted on November 20, 2011August 14, 2014 by Pamela Tsigdinos

The leaves on our trees have reached crimson in their last best performance before taking their inevitable fall. Holiday ads are proliferating. I’ve just gathered all the canned goods and non-perishables we’re not going to consume any time soon for the local food drive. The days are growing ever shorter. The Detroit Lions (yes, I…

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A Push for Conformity Means Less Tolerance of Difference

Posted on June 20, 2011May 4, 2014 by Pamela Tsigdinos

There’s real value in being jolted out of the day-to-day routine. In the past week or more there’s been very little in the way of the familiar — either in ideas or surroundings. The combination of Jon Ronson’s new book, The Psychopath Test, a few days caught up in the vastness of New York City,…

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The Powerful Effect of Simplicity

Posted on February 13, 2010August 20, 2016 by Pamela Tsigdinos

What’s better than a great haircut and color? That would be a great haircut and color on a late Friday afternoon of a long weekend in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Ah….women may be many layers deep and complex but there are some simple pleasures that this particular woman sees as worth savoring for the pure…

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Permission Granted: Happiness Restored

Posted on January 25, 2010August 22, 2019 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Saturday started with an endorphin-elevating exercise session. By mid-day we were engaged in a spontaneous visit with friends. Later, an afternoon errand to the mall ended with me loading a treasure trove of deeply marked down stylish tops into the trunk, and the evening brought margaritas and carnitas in the cocktail lounge of a boisterous,…

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