Why I started my blog? When I started Susan Taylor Brand I wanted something that would allow me to post about what I was learning these days, these days in which there is so much new and yet so much can be missed. In particular I wanted to talk about changes in life that come […]
AI is bad because it cuts into human-created existence and experiences with machine made experience. It is the equivalent of a Chips Ahoy in place of actual homemade chocolate chip cookies and even worse…it wastes time. Consider this. When you are not experiencing life fully because you are sorting AI questions and materials, what are
Weekend in Beaumont? Just up the river from the Gulf on the Neches River, this old Texas city is known for seafood, independent business opportunities, ingenuity that led to the oil boom in Texas, and the freewheeling spirit of millionaires and hobos. Beaumont is also known to have some rough spots, but I didn’t let that
A travel dress for women is a challenging purchase. It’s not something you’d forget, but it might be hard to find in your closet. The normal problems of packing, such as you’re going hiking and you didn’t bring hiking boots, swimming and you forgot a swimsuit, are behind us I hope. I remember one time
You want to know what color does the mother of the groom wear? Like my answer to what color shoes to wear with a black dress, these days, any color will do. But if you want a more “correct” answer, I can give you that as well. Generally the mother of the groom’s dress should
Mother’s Day when Mom is a grandma? Yes. But first, let’s go back to the beginning. Where my dad said Mother’s Day was a conspiracy started by Hallmark to sell greeting cards. Perhaps this was the beginning of my dicey relationship with Mother’s Day. Not to mention my mother’s feelings about it. Mother’s Day is
I woke up from a nap on my chaise lounge during an uneventful day off which included reading parts of books by such luminaries as Joan Didion, Steven Kotler, Allissa Wilkinson. I opened my eyes and looked out the plate glass window into the garden. Then I realized, with a strange reflective focus, that my
Yoga with goats? How does that make sense? I went to goat yoga this week because I’d always wanted to. And I can explain, it just takes a minute…. First of all, let’s remember that the word “yoga” means “linkage” between mind and body, two things that don’t always go together. The linking of goats
Do women still wear pantyhose? In short, yes, but not as often as they used to. If you are wondering about this question, most likely you were raised in that era in which it was believed just about indecent to go out without pantyhose. If a woman was wearing a skirt, and no hose, she
The idea came from my daughter who’s in the Marines. She’s stationed in Japan and when I said I would come visit her this summer, she said “of course we’ll want to climb Mount Fuji Japan.” I am an avid hiker but the idea of climbing up the side of this particular Japanese volcano
