Years ago, decades? I was at my local YWCA where I exercised, and the locker room was humming with voices. The old ladies fresh from their a water aerobics class adorably called "Twinges in the Hinges," comfortable with their bodies, comfortably showering and dressing with their beautiful aging bodies, middle-aged women like me, gasping and flushed after "Body Pump," an energizing weight lifting class. But another sound crystallized over all of the grown-up voices: little, ex

I led you down an odd little path with my title. Gretchen is a friend who started life as an oboist (who plays with our own Lansing Symphony Orchestra), and also is a Board Certified Neurofeedback Specialist, Pain Management Coach and Stress Management Coach (I lifted that directly from her website, https://www.mmneuro.com/about). However, she is NOT a pilot. She HAS a Pilot. Pilot is her pup, a Therapy Dog, who also has his very own Facebook page wherein he writes his observ

Remember how in my last post I talked about how beautiful people can be? YOU DON'T? Go back and read, slacker. Just kidding. You can probably pick up the gist of it through context clues. I have many, many amazing and extraordinary people in my sphere of friends and colleagues, and I'd like to tell you about them. This is the beginning of an ongoing (hopefully, if I remember)series showcasing them. For the most part, they're going to be local to the Lansing, Michigan area, so

We're going to get to know each other, you and I. I'm going to tell you stories, you're going to laugh (or sigh or waggle your eyebrows) and then tell me yours. Who am I? I'm Kate, and I work as a massage therapist, a musician, a teacher, a writer. But WHO am I? Well, I'm still writing that story. And it's a good one. Because today is the first day of a new year, I'm going to do some "round up of the past" and "predictions of the future" things for a sec. Last year was a year