We do not remember days. We remember moments. ~Cesare Pavare I spent this past weekend at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, immersed in a writer’s workshop led by someone I’ve admired from afar for a quarter of a century. Natalie Goldberg is celebrating the 25-year anniversary of her first book, Writing Down the Bones. And I am celebrating an item on my bucket list. There’s something about spending a weekend in the company of a rollicking room full of writers who believe the sensory experience in looking at puddles is as delicious as wrapping your tongue around the rich raisiny/pruney notes in a piece of Aphrodisia chocolate. I explored big weather, took a walk in the rain, curled up in an enormous chair with…
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Chocolate Moments
Just What the Doctor Ordered
Food and mood—that’s the topic I began to write about for my Conscious Bites Newsletter this morning. It was a slow but sweet start. I work a little slower on Saturdays. First I make myself a tall glass of electric green juice. Some start their day with java. I prefer a green jolt. Next, I check in with a few friends on facebook. I need my social fix. Then, I fill the bird feeders and decide what I’ll prepare for dinner. Once I have all that sorted out, I sit down to write—something—anything. Natalie Goldberg tells me, “Once you’re deep into it, you wonder what took you so long to finally settle down at the desk.” It was chocolate. I couldn’t settle down without my…
Sue Ann Gleason
Sue Ann Gleason is a culinary nutritionist, radiant life expert, and writer living in the Washington, DC area with her husband John. When not working with clients, she can be found sampling exotic chocolates or building broccoli forests in her mashed potatoes.
