You are doing better than you think you are. — Alan Cohen
There are many things that bring me great pleasure. I love being a mom, and I love getting into metaphysical discussions with my friends. I love that I have friends. I love Teeccino brewed herbal coffee with Starbucks mocha powder. I love taking pictures with my Palm Pre, because now I just take them all the time. I love reading, and I love holding a stone in my hand when I read. I love that sometimes I fall asleep with my glasses on and my book leaning on my chin, and my husband will gently put them on the nightstand when he comes to bed. read more…
I remember being in my twenties. The world seemed wild, scary, intimidating and chaotic. It was also exciting, invigorating, and surprising. But from a very young age I had decided that I wouldn’t have children, and only because I didn’t want to bring them into this world. In spite of the excitement, in spite of the surprises, I viewed our planet as a scary place and I knew I would worry for them and their survival. read more…
Share on FacebookI recently downloaded U2’s album, “No Line on the Horizon” and have been listening to it. One of my very favorite songs is “Magnificent.”
“… only love unites our hearts, justified until we die, you and I will magnify, the magnificent.”
And I started thinking about how when any two (or more) people get together, they magnify something. It’s not always magnificence, but it’s something. read more…
Share on FacebookI was walking my dog this morning, and I noticed there were so many snails on the sidewalks that I actually had to keep breaking my stride to sidestep them (I hate the crunching of snail shells under my feet – I guess I’m just strange like that).
Now my dog, on the other hand, who wasn’t paying the slightest attention, never once crushed a snail under her giant paws. And never broke her stride! read more…
Share on FacebookThere is nothing quite so terrifying as the cry (or keening) of the Banshee, for to hear her cry is an omen of death. She is known throughout Scotland and Ireland by many names, including Badbh, Cyoerraeth, the Washer Woman, the Bean Nighe and Bean Sidhe. The Banshee, which literally means fairy woman, has been portrayed as both a frightening old woman with glowing red eyes and a beautiful woman with a veiled face. She is always in mourning and wailing for those about to die. read more…
Share on FacebookI was reading something this weekend about focusing on a particular path.
“… making a choice to commit to one path in life means that we must give up other possibilities along the way.” Hal Zina Bennett in Write Starts
I have my focus in so many places that I never seem to get anywhere! I never seem to get a book read, a blog written, a scarf crocheted, a song memorized, a poem written, or more done on my book. read more…
Share on FacebookThe lights were so bright that everything looked white. Feeling blinded, she closed her eyes tightly, then opened them again. Her vision was blurry, and her eyes, burning from the light, stung with tears. A panicked cry startled her before she realized that the cry had come from her own mouth, which felt numb. read more…
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The week before Christmas can be intense. With holiday planning, wrapping up the last of the gifts, baking, shopping, and the over-excitement of my children, I found myself seeming to race at the speed of light toward my favorite holiday of the year. read more…
Share on FacebookWe have all come to know and love the red bearded little trickster sprite that sits perched on a mushroom guarding his pot of gold. But the Leprechaun has not always been a wee humorous wizened old man smoking a pipe. read more…
Share on FacebookThis was my very first experience with bird medicine and finding a significant feather.
It was bright and early, New Year’s Eve morning. I’d just had the strangest dream… I was attending a new school, and when I went in to the restroom, I looked in the mirror and noticed I had a thunderbird carved on four of my teeth. What was weird is that when I tried to tell someone this I called the carvings the Thunder Beings rather than thunderbirds. read more…
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