Posts belonging to Category 'gratitude'

pilgrimage

The other night, the wild women and I walked through the woods, silently….  our senses tuned into our breath, the songs of birds, a slight breeze, water bouncing off of rocks, the smell of damp leaves, the way that sharp stones feel on tender toes. As strangers passed by, we cut through the small talk [...]

am i stirred up, or am i wanting to stir things up?

There are times in one’s life, or I should perhaps say, MY life, that I get an itch to sHaKe ThInGs uP a bit….  to spend a day, a week, a month stewing on all that I’ve done, and really ask myself–am I still headed in the direction my heart longs to go?  Some might [...]

confessions of an anti-dieter…

Yesterday, I did something that some folks might consider radical. I threw my scale away.  And watched as the garbage truck drove away. You see, ever since I stepped onto the scale at my nutritionist’s office a week and a half ago and learned that I was eleven pounds lighter, I’ve been noticing something about [...]

How cleaning out my car changed my life…

The kids and I went to the carwash this morning, armed with a baggie of quarters.  As I had assumed it would be, the giant, extra powerful vacuum cleaner was a hoot for them, and before I knew it, my car looked brand new (well, okay, that’s a stretch, but it looks pretty darn fantastic, [...]

what I learned from tuning in…

I’m just now coming back from a two week offline painting/dreaming/savoring retreat as a jumpstart to the summer…  days of laying in the hammock with my doogle, writing in my journal, cooking and experimenting with food, gardening, spontaneous bicycle rides, and painting galore showed me the way back to my heart….  Here are some things [...]