Good Clean Reads

Lubrication is one of the simplest and most effective ways to make intimacy more enjoyable. And even though our bodies naturally produce lubrication, it isn’t always enough. Hormonal changes, stress, medication, or simply wanting a little more glide are all good reasons to reach for lube!

“The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important – and then get out of their way while they do it.” -Jack Welch

My son hit three consecutive 3 point shots tonight. He rarely shoots like that when he is involved with intense competition. Today was another game in a summer league, where he has been meeting some of his old...

“Smell and taste are in fact but a single composite sense, whose laboratory is the mouth and its chimney the nose….” Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

We love food in our family. The exquisite clean food that tastes like itself only better. My kids have grown up lucky to taste foods from all over the world, prepared by great chefs. We have a favorite restaurant that we frequent for any good excuse, tonight...

“Every day of our lives we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.” ~Mignon McLaughlin

Annie Dillard wrote: “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” I have long been aware of this fact and have used it as a driving force to accomplish as much as I can in each day. In many respects I feel like my drive to get things done, to...

“Children are one third of our population and all of our future.” ~Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health, 1981

I grew up in an unfortunate family with parents who were unhappy and dissatisfied with themselves and each other. There was little left for the kids and no real relationships developed or were fostered in the house. Culminating in an ugly divorce, the distance between my...

“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” ~Albert Einstein

My kids taught me to text. They all have cell phones that they rarely answer except if I am calling, the condition that I set for paying for all their texting. But if I want an immediate response I know better, I text. Texting is actually quite convenient for taking care of the mundane details that...

“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can’t see from the center.” –Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

In my twenties I bought a poster of some guy hanging off the side of a cliff with Jayne Howard’s quote, “If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much room.” I always liked to think of myself as someone who pushes...

“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.” -Unknown

Today I received a card that said “It’s not you, it’s me.” This is the perfect break-up line, assuring that even if you are walking away from something that is worth fighting for and about, you can go guilt free. After all you took responsibility and legitimately tried to make the...

Lara Londonis a full time Pilates instructor and certified teacher of Holistic Biomechanics. Throughout her past as a student of competitive gymnastics and swimming, Lara has always been inspired about the capacity of the human body in motion. In her current training with individuals and classes, Lara’s goal is to educate her clients about functional movement, build strength from a structural...

“Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.” –Anonymous

As the activity coordinator of the 8^th grade graduation celebration, I got to select and hire the entertainment. The temporary tattoo guy and DJ were already booked, so I got to focus on the magic. Given my proclivity to love, I liked the magician we found, Hart Keene...