If you’re looking for things to do on Labor Day Weekend, then first I’ll ask, “Are you nuts?” Labor Day weekend is meant to be one long, lazy stretch of doing nothing at all! But if you are indeed a little nuts (like me!) and can’t sit still even when the calendar dictates you ought, then here’s a […]
For much of my life, I’ve struggled with the feeling that I don’t belong. Some of my most poignant childhood memories are of being alone: being the new kid alone on the playground, being the teacher’s pet alone at the front of the classroom, being the quiet girl alone with her book in the cafeteria. I decided pretty early on […]
I regularly share service projects that touch my heart in the hope that they’ll resonate with you guys as well. Today I’m excited to ask for support on one that I myself am involved with! A community group I’m part of is undertaking a major upgrade of Covenant House, an LA organization that provides shelter, health care, and life skills education […]
Have you ever struggled with travel anxiety? You know, that queasy feeling that grows stronger as a trip approaches until you find yourself wishing you could just stay home? My stress around travel has caused me some serious consternation—and cost me some serious cash!—over the years. But lately I’ve been pushing through it, with positive results! I wrote about […]
The relationships we have with our pets are so simple, precious, and pure. With animals there’s nothing to prove. We can be fully ourselves with the knowledge that they’ll accept us exactly as we are. All they ask in return is the same infinite measure of unconditional love. What’s more, with their silly doggie grins and […]
Surprise! Welcome to a brand new blog design! With the release of my book Sage Living just around the corner, a visual overhaul seemed like the perfect way to celebrate. After all, I’ve been using the same template since launching this blog in 2008—and I was starting to feel like a thirty-something who’s still wearing her high school […]
Happy Monday, friends. Thank you for your patience with my unexpected absence last week. My grandma passed away on Thursday, and my whole family has been suspended in grief. This is our first major loss; we don't know quite what to do with ourselves. So we spent the weekend rambling about the Reno ranch house […]
Summer is positively flying by! Ample as the daylight hours may be, they always seem to wane before we manage to fulfill the grand plans we made at the start of the season. But the good news is that summer’s joys lie in the little things: the sweet treats and sassy styles, the short shorts […]
Hello, friends. I had fun post all lined up for you today, but it no longer feels appropriate as I've spent the better part of today and yesterday attending funeral services for a friend who passed away at the age of 34. My heart aches, so I'll be taking a little time to reflect quietly […]
It's one of those weeks at Casa Sage. The collective energy is in the toilet, and even the smallest task feels monumental. So the dishes are piling up in the sink. The junk mail is colonizing the coffee table. The unmade bed beckons from the moment I drag myself up in the morning to the moment […]
As I’ve mentioned here before, I recently finished a 60-Day Bikram Yoga challenge. Now that it’s over, I could describe how the challenge pushed my body and mind to extremes I’ve never encountered. I could detail how it left me stronger, calmer, more confident in my abilities to set goals and meet them. And it […]