Practical ways to fight depression

October 3, 2025
How to Fight Depression: A Compassionate Guide for the Journey Depression isn’t just sadness. It’s a heavy fog that can roll into our lives and cloud everything we see, touch, and feel. It’s not weakness. It’s not a flaw. It’s an illness—and it’s one many of us face, especially as...

The courage to change ~ part two

October 16, 2009
Diana continues where she left off yesterday with the story of how she and her husband decided to leave the stresses of corporate life behind and create Baur B&B.The...

Believing in yourself

October 15, 2009
We're not born with self confidence. It comes with life experience. And some find it earlier than others.M. remembers me as that young woman who lacked confidence, and...

Welcome!

October 15, 2009
Welcome to new visitors from around the world who are dropping in to read Diana's guest post. Feel free to stay a while today, or drop in again when you have time to...

Who am I?

October 15, 2009
Who am I?It's a question that comes up for many when they retire from their careers.And while it isn't a question for me, I realized that I was going to need a writing...

A wood stove

October 15, 2009
Diana tells us that a new wood stove is going in the sitting room of "our" suite at Baur B&B. Something we will love when we return next October. And something...

Too much stuff

October 15, 2009
Doesn't this look inviting? My fellow blogger, Laura, over at Lolalina.com posted it today, along with a great piece about clutter and simplicity.As I get older, I have...

The courage to change ~ part one

October 15, 2009
My friend, Diana Baur,is the proprietress of Baur B&B in the Piedmonte section of Italy. Diana and her husband, Micha, moved to Italy some six years ago to restore...

Don’t let the sound of your own wheels

October 14, 2009
...drive you crazy....Driving home in the dark from sushi, radio cranked up high, singing way loud with the Eagles, Take It Easy,, their first hit, which came out the...

The why of it all

October 14, 2009
Just before my 1pm writing class, I spoke with my California friend who's been diagnosed with her second form of cancer in less than two years. A very painful one right...

Keep walking. Just keep walking.

October 14, 2009
“If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.”~Buddhist ProverbGal's blog post today made me think of this Buddhist proverb.I...

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