My newest article, about how meditation practice can help you land a job, is a guest blog at the Momentum Resources blog site of Jen Folsom, an ex-Cvillian. Jen is now the DC Metropolitan area Director of Momentum Resources , a “boutique staffing firm specializing in placing professionals in flexible and reduced hours positions with smart organizations.” Her blog contains lots of useful job seeker suggestions and articles about work-life balance. I especially like the October 9th one about Carol Greider, a molecular biologist who won a Nobel prize. Jen cites the Washington Post article on the winner by Liza Mundy, another former Cvillian. Check it out. (Oh, and my article too, which is at the following link: http://mom-entum.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-sitting-around-doing-nothing-can.html ).
Brief Hiking Note
Back in October a friend and I did a terrific out and back hike along the AT from Reed’s Gap to a viewpoint called Hanging Rock. It’s a 7-ish mile hike, described in the book The Best of the Appalachian Trail: Day Hikes, by Victoria Logue, Frank Logue and Leonard Adkins. Well worth the effort — stunning views out over the Tye River Valley. I’ll be a lot of heads-down AT thru hikers miss it altogether. Pack a nice lunch and sit on the rock to soak in the views before turning back.
By the way, searching for the correct title of the book sent me to Leonard Adkins’ web site, called The Habitual Hiker. It is mostly a list of his books, speaking engagements, school-oriented multimedia presentation on hiking the AT, and so on, but gives a link to his Habitual Hiker blog at Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine, which provides tips on top regional hikes.
