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Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 6/6/2011 10:11 AM May 25, 2011 I recently had the privilege of attending a Cirque du Soleil performance. I’ve heard for years how amazing these performers are, how the choreography and sheer artistry as well as the feats of bravery and athletic skill are

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 9/26/2011 1:04 PM I don’t know when or how it happened, but sometime last week I injured my foot. It could have been in yoga class, although I didn’t notice anything until about four hours later. Running up and down the stairs at the office became more di

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 12/19/2011 8:52 PM I love the four seasons because I am a person who changes with the seasons. There are wines I drink only when it is hot and I can sit on my screened-in porch with the ceiling fan running, looking out at my garden. Those wines are white,

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 1/17/2013 11:15 AM October 31, 2012 I have been spending too much time watching The Weather Channel, following the approach and aftermath of Sandy. I am sure my interest has to do with the number of friends and family that live in the path of this destruc

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 10/31/2012 3:59 PM Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. September 16, 2012 “When it comes to love-to romantic love and sexual love and married love-we have to learn again, with difficulty, how to let go of all kinds of expectations.” J

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 5/17/2011 10:51 AM I wasn’t planning on blogging about this topic, but during a long walk I was aware of a variety of feelings all having to do with mothers and mothering. I was, of course, thinking about my mother, Jane Caroline Sharpe Sander, gone now f

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 9/12/2011 11:18 AM My daughter evacuated NYC Friday evening, along with several million others. She had received a phone call earlier in the day from a friend’s mother. “ Sweetie, this is your Mama Shirley. Now I want you to get on a train and come up her

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 5/16/2013 9:46 AM Sucker that I am, I recently signed on for a year’s membership with Lumosity. www.lumosity.com . Based on the new brain science of neuroplasticity, this website designs a set of mind exercises uniquely for you, based on your responses to

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 4/24/2013 5:09 PM I’ve been absent from this blog for a while. Why? Because I’ve been learning something new. I am learning what it takes to get a book published. I am learning that turning what I write into a book is a process all its own. I am meeting n

Posted by AmySanderMontanez at 5/9/2012 3:05 PM I love the four seasons, and I am a person who changes with the seasons. There are wines I drink only when it is hot and I can sit on my screened-in porch, ceiling fan running, and look at my garden. Those wines are wh