I am short on words today after handing in The Book of Calm manuscript to my publisher this week, and am sharing others' words to express...

Querencia comes from the Spanish verb “querer” — to desire. Querencia speaks of a safe place, where I gather strength, and therefore...

Back in March I read a review of a book with a title much too similar to the working title of my own book. My first reaction was a...

I have been deep into the writing of my non-fiction book, a mid-November deadline lurking at the edge of things. Time has been speaking...

Flowers as they are / in the lotus pond: / My offering to the spirits. - Basho Matsuo. I write, learn, and hopefully grow wiser from what...

This blog is dedicated to the future. “When we express something, express ourselves as to what we stand for, not what we stand against....

"To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest." - Pema Chödrön Traveling for the last...

“He clung to the thought and found that it floated.” ­ - Diana Gabaldon. I was honored to attend a meeting a while back...

A word has been flying in and out of my awareness these last two weeks. Soft. As in soft eyes. It’s a phrase I’ve been saying to my...

We humans are fragile, and incredibly strong. We can grab onto familiar yet flimsy habits oh-so easily, and leap almost simultaneously...