by toby | Nov 25, 2015 | Life
I had a random encounter with gratitude today. Maui dawned cool, foggy and rainy, unusual for our island, known for depthless skies and broad vistas. Something about the weather made me sleepy and sad, filled with nostalgia for when my kids were younger and I was a...
by toby | Jun 5, 2015 | Life
This week’s model has skin the exact shade of Werther’s chewy caramels, and she’s named for a Norse goddess. Her breasts look like scoops of vanilla ice cream with hazelnuts on top. Her legs are so long we all have to keep revising our pictures to fit them in. Though...
by toby | Apr 17, 2015 | Life
It’s lessons from life drawing class again. Three hours in the middle of a Thursday when I check out of “normal” life and enter a secret, sunlit world in the jungle in Haiku, Maui, and study, and attempt to draw, naked people. The location is convoluted to get to, so...
by toby | Jun 20, 2014 | Life
Unmet expectations are the greatest source of unhappiness in life. These 8 practical ways to get happy right now have worked for me and my clients. Try a couple today and let me know what happens! 1. practice gratitude: make a list of 10 things you’re grateful for,...
by toby | Oct 16, 2012 | Life
A whole new kind of hot me in a backpack Yes I'm wearing the real thing trial run as we are Training for a Big Hike and a mighty hot piece of equipment it is too. puff and huff sweat all over stuff This is fun, we tell ourselves like a mantra. Couple more days until...