The Journey
A blink. The flicker of the eye that takes less than a second. A snap in time. A blip in the vast space of infinity. Involuntary swiftness. A definition of quickness. In a blink, my blue eyed daughter grew into…
Super Woman Deluxe
Here we are. The strong ones. This is us. The proud new generation of mature women. The Baby Boomer Deluxe model. We are strong. We are fearless. We are complicated. We are interesting. We are determined to age gracefully. We…
Home
What do you see when you look at this picture? A simple picture, right? A country church in the midst of green fields. A Facebook friend of mine posted this picture as the field that she farms sits catty-corner from…
The Awakening
Breathe…. Reach…. Stretch… Lengthen… Engage your core…. Set your intentions for this practice. These are the words that I speak to myself when doing Yoga. Yoga is my fix . My glass of wine. My morning cup of joe. My…
Love Sweet Love
“What the world needs now is love sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of…..” Boy, is that the understatement of the year. This magical song written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach back in 1965…
The Golden Rule
We are living in serious times, in fearful times of uncertainty. We are living in such a stressful state of unified division. Red vs Blue. Right vs Left. Liberals vs Conservatives. Pro-Police. Anti-Police. Pro-religion. Anti-religion. Pro-Abortion. Pro-Life. Pro-gun. Anti-gun. The…
The Gift
I can close my eyes and see Dad’s dresser settled in its home along the wall where it stood comfortably for years, proudly displaying his treasures on top. His treasures included a black and white photograph of my mom looking…
The World Weeps.
“later that night i held an atlas in my lap ran my fingers across the whole world and whispered where does it hurt? it answered everywhere everywhere everywhere.” This is an excerpt from a poem “What They Did Yesterday Afternoon”…
Rainy Days and Mondays..
I woke up this morning to the sound of the rain. Glorious, refreshing, cleansing, deliciously wet….. rain. What a great sound. What a great way to start the day. What a great way to start the week. It’s Monday and…
The Lust to Wander
I just returned from a Wanderlust Festival with my daughter, sister, and niece as a “never before” girls trip coming together from opposite ends of the country to meet in Aspen, Colorado. Not ever having been to this type of…
