I have a survival tool kit that is different from my “bug-out” bag. My bug-out bag holds emergency items in case I have to leave my home in a hurry due to earthquake or fire. I have this bag packed and ready: some food a phone charger emergency and legal papers cash, a [...]
Perhaps someone else out there is afraid. Perhaps someone else is also facing uncertainty. May I tell you a story? It is November 28, 2008, which was Thanksgiving morning... I suppose that before you actually hear the words of my story you must first understand about the magic. Not many folks [...]
I realize how we must learn a new language for this new time... I know many languages and yet, in this time I am aware of needing to learn a new language that goes beyond my words. I need a new language for this new time. A New Language. [...]
Don't forget. This is a call for kindness. Your kindness. Fires now burn out of control. Climate change and racial injustice cry out for change. Unemployment soars. There is great political unrest. The rising sun is reflected on the road. And then there is the pandemic. You can make choices, even in the [...]
Our lives are changing as the world around us changes. My inner life is often reflected in changes in my surroundings. This metaphoric reflection is what I have always known... Yesterday in class I read a piece about fear. It was honest. I talked about overcoming trauma and read about releasing past [...]
I am breaking out of old spaces and I am aware how difficult this can be. To me it can feel like breaking out of a very old box. Sometimes we hesitate to show our newest work. This happens to us all, I believe, especially when it deviates from what [...]
"Mom, I'm not as smart as I used to be." I will never forget my youngest daughter's statement after her first day back to school following brain surgery. After many personal trials that had initially delayed graduation, she was supposed to graduate the year before, in Spring 2014. Then, just prior to the [...]
Dear Ones, After a time of silence and grief I am once again finding my words. I have not written on this blog for awhile, instead I have had my hands in clay. I continue to choose to hold fast to the truth that Viktor Frankl taught me, decades ago: we may not be [...]
