Claire Conger

I didn’t go snowboarding this week because I didn’t like the weather report, which turned out to be too inaccurate for trip-planning purposes. Grr!

So instead, I went to yoga class. Riding my bike home, who should I encounter riding his bike to work? None other than Pseudo Boyfriend #2, the one whose calls this January I did not return.  Read more... (422 words, 4 images, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

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So my mother thinks I need help in the dating department—and after my fiasco with Manny the ski instructor (see How Not to Get a Date: Just Say No), who could disagree? She told me to read Love Smart by Dr Phil.  Read more... (158 words, 2 images, estimated 38 secs reading time)

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Last night at a party I had a fun little conversation with Heidi Kearsley, a successful real estate agent with Wells&Bennett in Oakland California. Heidi recently sent out postcards, the kind agents send out to drum up business.  Read more... (471 words, 3 images, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

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Who else but Spain’s Pedro Almodovar would show us examples of perfect posture?

I just watched his All About My Mother (1999) Golden Globe winner for best foreign language film. The actors all stand with long straight backs and they bend and stoop with long straight backs.  Read more... (251 words, 6 images, estimated 1:00 mins reading time)

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Well, I wouldn’t purport to know how myself as I really am, but His Holiness the Dalai Lama has a very interesting starting point that he explains in How to See Yourself as You Really Are (2006).  Read more... (189 words, 2 images, estimated 45 secs reading time)

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