The Choice of Compassionate Power
"It struck her as miraculous that there was unlimited power in choosing what one thinks..." -Sue Boggio and Mare Pearl- I am chewing like...
Blooming in the Chill
Abeyance: “a temporary state of inactivity or suspension.” - Heather Cox Richardson's blog, 12.17.22 - When I woke before dawn this...
Barking at Fearsome Things
"It's what we don't say that weighs the most." - For Elizabeth - On the night before heading home after a long road trip in July, our dog...
The Flow of Acceptance
“Each thing with its own way of moving, of coming together, of coming apart.” – Emily Sekine – Since the spring of 2018 when we left...
Slow and Steady Mindfulness
“Man is born broken. He lives by mending. Grace is the glue.” - Eugene O’Neill – For Martha and Bonnie Last summer the Santa Catalina...
Chaotically Calm
"Think in blue, in green, in starlight, in song, in a blessing, in beauty, in gratitude." - Alice Hoffman - For Joye Shapiro 1952-2021...
Precious and Precarious
"Emotions travel together – if we reject grief, we lose joy...” - Michael Meade - For Joye First the title popped into my head. Then I...
The Gift of In-the-Moment Connections
"Out of a great need we are all holding hands and climbing. Not loving is letting go. Listen. The terrain around here is far too...
On the Road with Calm
"We shape our dwellings and afterward, our dwellings shape us." - Winston Churchill - Ah! What weight and meaning we give to our homes....
Awake In Light and Dark
As dark and crazy as the world currently is, something bright resides beneath the darkness—and it’s the light of a single awakening human...
