The Journal

Something to read with your coffee.

For years I wrote a monthly journal about homes, habits and how to live. This is that journal, picked up again and rewritten for life after 50.

Short pieces. No homework. Read one and get on with your morning.

Fay Chapple walking a dog along a garden path
Laugh more move Oct 26, 2026

Turn that frown upside down. Your mother probably said it more than once, and she may have been onto something.

Laughter is said to do a good deal for the body. It is sai...

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Click move Oct 26, 2026

Think about the last time you started something new. A class, a walking route, a way of eating. For the first few days you had what is sometimes called beginner's mind. Y...

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Move your stuff. Then move your body. move Oct 26, 2026

There is a saying in feng shui: move your stuff, change your life.

It is a good saying. But a house cannot do everything for you. You can clear every room, face your bed ...

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Which yoga is for you now? move Oct 26, 2026

Yoga and feng shui are natural partners. Feng shui works on the harmony and balance of the space around you. Yoga works on the same thing inside your body. In both, the i...

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