Musings on creativity, oomph, getting unstuck, playfulness and living a more joyful life.

The half and not the whole: How a half-birthday is a thing of joy! Oct 13, 2021

Today the sun is forecast to shine all day.

A day after the summer solstice and midsummer night.

And it is my half birthday or as Alice might call it, my un-birthday.

Let me tell you a story about my half birthday and why I’ve found so much joy in celebrating the half rather than the whole.

I was born t...

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My Baldy Bits and Me, My Journey with Alopecia Areata Oct 13, 2021

This is the blog I wish I had found when I first spotted a bald patch on my head and my heart gripped with fear.

It started with a small patch of partial alopecia areata in 2001.  It came after a particularly stressful time with work:  I’m not ashamed to say that I had a difference of opinion with my...

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