listen to what is…

“Every particle of creation sings its own song of what is and what is not. Hearing what is can make you wise; hearing what is not can drive you mad.” ~Mirza Ghalib A couple of days ago, I signed up for a triathalon. A TRIATHALON, people. As you can see, I’m still wrapping my head [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

permission granted…

I was just driving home from a marvelous morning at the lake with the kids, where sweet, old Dr. Wilson invited the kids to help pick and count flowers with him, and where we were greeted by a family of Canada geese, almost unrecognizable since the last time we were there since the babies had [...]

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 [...]