by BlogEditor | Mar 1, 2019 | Blog, The Keeping Room
By Katie Vagnino This is what happens when you sign up for a yoga class online and don’t read the fine print. It is an honest mistake, one I realize the moment I enter the studio and am confronted with posters of women smiling blissfully, their hands delicately...
by Kim Brown | Jun 17, 2014 | Blog, Staff Blog
Last night, before I went to bed, I mentally planned my writing week. I’d start by rewriting a piece I wrote about Raymond Chandler’s quote: “ The faster I write the better my output. If I’m going slow, I’m in trouble. It means I’m pushing the words instead of being...
by Emily Shearer | Mar 10, 2014 | Blog, Staff Blog
Recent research has shown that the more you smile, the more you smile. Muscle memory creates pathways and patterns in the 200+ facial muscles summoned up every single time you smile. And chemicals react to those muscles, eliciting feelings of happiness that would...
by minervarising | Jul 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
I have kept very quiet this week in the wake of the Zimmerman trial verdict. I have read many a tweet, article, reaction, and analysis of what happened and why. I am a person who largely keeps my head in the sand regarding current events and world news because I...