A Memoir in 17 Syllables
When my mother died, I discovered that seventeen syllables, when strung together to create a haiku, can tell you more about a person than you’d ever expect.
Check-ins, Field Trips and Hugs
My career has been anything but constant. But I have discovered that three keys to resilience have followed me through the years: check-ins, field trips and hugs.
Seeing Myself for the First Time
Seeing Myself for the First Time When I was in my early 40s (ah yes…the beginning of the searching of a mid-life woman), a friend (who had just returned from a mask-making workshop) suggested I make a mask – as a personification of my “Creative Spirit.” I was looking for something to give me a …
Slow Down
Deep into holiday celebrations…what are you doing for you? No matter what age you are, here’s a new…well, not so new…tool: Pause…and…Breathe…
Magic…All Around!
Magic…All Around I went to bed around 10:00 PM Monday night. I was filled with weaving…yes…I’m weaving again! I relish weaving…always an indication that things are easy in my world. I love seeing something unfold. It’s never as I imagined. I mean I’ve had that silk yarn forever! Every time I’ve tried to knit something …
Time to Blossom!
Time to Blossom! A cursory look at my career timeline would tell you that I’ve made a lot of choices…shifts and changes…along the way. In the beginning there was community action…meetings (many meetings) about fair housing and other civil rights issues. When that didn’t change much in my community, following the example of those who …
Celebrating the 4th of July with a Memory to Last a Lifetime
Celebrating the 4th of July with a Memory to Last a Lifetime In 2007 I said to my husband, “Where would you like to go in the United States that you haven’t been?” Without hesitation he said, “Alaska!” So we took our companion, Bodhi, and off we went in our car…taking the “roads less traveled” …
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Planting Seeds…
Planting Seeds… Funny how those seeds we planted many years ago spread in ways we never expected! Little did I know what would germinate, blossom, die back, and then blossom again…many times. Nor did I know years ago what would touch my own heart deeply, as well as others’…what would draw me in and generate …
Love and Gratitude
Love and Gratitude A year ago a wonderful man in my life suggested that there is a difference between “love” and “gratitude.” Hmmm….I thought as he attempted to explain. Ever since then I have been mulling over what he said. Of course, I can’t remember exactly what he said…just that he said there was …
No Holds Barred!
No Holds Barred! Winter Solstice is upon us…By December 21 the seeds will have been sown for 2018. What seeds have you planted? Would you like to make 2018 your most creative year ever? What would it take? I wonder. Are you like me? Sometimes it takes just getting out of my own way…ending …