. I first met qi in martial arts study in Los Angeles. I had an unusual instructor. He didn’t teach one art. He taught a sort of combination of fighting arts. And he threw me into classes with black belt students when I was brand new. And I sort of wondered what those other students […]
Me: Dear Chinese Medicine, what is wrong with me? Chinese Medicine: It’s your spleen, Babe. Me: What do I do to fix the spleen? Chinese Medicine: Avoid ice-cold drinks, salads, raw vegetables, and fruits (like watermelon) in excess, also minimize dairy, processed sugar, and greasy/fried foods. Me (sipping iced coffee laced with milk while eyeing […]
I talked myself into getting a new office chair tonight. I love my office chair, but it’s 15 years old, has had the casters replaced more times than I remember, and I’ve rebuilt the seat at least three times, maybe four. I could redo the seat again, which right now is taped together because it […]
Year of the Fire Horse! In February, the world leaves the Year of the Wood Snake and enters to the Year of the Fire Horse. The snake year is about shedding the unneeded. Sometimes painfully. What the universe seems to think people do not need is not always what people want to give up. The […]
Okay I am sort of leery of snakes in general so Year of the Snake for me is problematic but that is because I am a Westerner steeped in snake myths that paint snakes in a very bad light.
The great shades project! I could also call this “the great feng shui hide the file boxes shelf project” but that is a lot to type… I still need to steam and weight the shades but I think they turned out nice. A lot nicer than the temporary sheet solve. (yay!) That is mulberry paper […]
You knew I was not going to leave Marilyn sitting right? Well okay I have before but this move I am hanging the art. There is Marilyn. She is living in the entry hall and has a pretty spotlight. [All the wires are not tucked away yet. It’s a process. Quit it!] Marilyn’s background is […]
Charlie came out from behind and beat Marilyn and Rothko both out for the fame wall. He is like Smarty Jones. You don’t see him coming till he swooshes by. Charlie was supposed to go on the entry wall. Uh ohs. What do I put on the entry wall? See all those books on that […]
Dear Lysol: Here is my pretty feng shui kitchen. Here is my not so pretty not so feng shui kitchen with your ginormous logo in it. I get you spent a gadzillion dollars on logos and branding. It worked. I buy your product. But could I not have a huge blue and yellow and red […]
The closet broke me. Okay, really the new closet shelf broke me. How do toggles break? Seriously? That closet shelf is so going back to the manufacturer. Part of the entire reason for buying a really overpriced closet shelf from THAT company was it came with super hardware. That, um, broke. It is time for […]