NOTHING IS NORMAL. PANDEMIC MUSINGS
A friend posted this a few days back and it captured perfectly my sense of myself and the current state of affairs in January 2022 two years fully into […]
Wholehearted Instructions for the New Year
Wholehearted Instructions for The New Year Wrap yourself in fierce tenderness. Perhaps a hand-knit shawl, a sweet song, a hug, a dog’s face sniffing and licking your tears, or the […]
The Medicine of Tenderness
WHEN THE HOLY THAWS A woman’s body, like the earth, has seasons; when the mountain stream flows, when the holy thaws,when I am most fragile and in need, it […]
What I Am Learning These Days
What I am Learning These Days It is okay not to be okay. These are rough times. The uncertainty present moving forward in the seemingly never ending season of Covid, […]
Rewilding. Natural Processes to Shape Our Lives.
The sun warm, the breeze cool, I prepare the yard in our city neighborhood for winter. I plant tulip bulbs that have multiplied from an Easter plant alongside the walkway […]
My Autumn List for Wellbeing!
I enjoy lists. Not merely for tasks, but also to remind myself to prioritize relationships and wellness. Discovering Bullet Journaling in 2018 led me into a whole different realm of […]
Fall Equinox: Finding Balance and Blessing.
Happy Fall Equinox! Like many folks in the Northern Hemisphere, I celebrate the turning of the Celtic Wheel. These past seasons of Covid, with political polarization and now the Delta […]
9/11/2001, 20 Years Later.
Brilliant fall mornings hold excitement and possibility in the air. The newness of the school year combined with the shift in schedules reorient us in a different direction after the […]
Summer. What’s Next Ain’t Easy.
Summer Summer. The Joys/dreams/memories and longings of summer. It seems the pace of life slows down, perhaps this allows us to savor both sunrise and sunset. At sunrise, the […]
Nominations for NOBEL MENOPAUSE!
Raise your hand if you went through menopause during the dumpster fire of the current times and recent past. Keep your hand raised if you want a parade ceremony […]