Winter is coming. Fans of Game of Thrones know this is a foreboding phrase. In the series, it encompassed a lot more dreadful meaning than just a harsh, cold season. But throughout much of my adult life, I felt a bit of a foreboding resistance to the darker, colder winter months. Each year, I considered […]
The Subtle Alchemy of Gratitude
I enjoy spending time on my back porch. It’s typically a calm environment in which to relax and reflect. Sunday mornings are particularly special as it’s usually quite quiet in my neighborhood and I often spend that time enjoying how nature shows up through the many doorways of my senses. On a recent Sunday morning, […]
Remembering the Peak
A lifetime ago I was blessed to be able to work on multiple occasions in Hawaii, getting to know people who live there and do the same kind of work I do on the mainland. And sure, also getting to experience the awesome beauty of this very special place. But what has stuck with me […]
10 Life Lessons from My Trio of BE Virgos
After a particularly devastating life transition last year, many people crossed my path that helped me on my journey of rebuilding. Out of all of the support I received, three people emerged that particularly, though unknowingly, helped me see areas in which I had become stuck, enabling me to finally free myself and move forward. […]
The Ghost in the Lorapetalum
She showed up in some shrubs near my carport a few weeks ago, a fleeting ghostly image with a very bold voice. As I would enter and exit my car, she would talk to me loudly as she hid beneath the lorapetalum leaves, eyes eerily shining in the dark. I didn’t know exactly what she […]