This year, violets have overtaken my garden. From just a few in one area of my garden last year I now find these seemingly dainty plants with their heart shaped leaves throughout my garden. I have learned that they spread by rhizomes, or underground roots. I started gardening only a few years ago and still […]
Category: inspirational thoughts
Our Secret Stories
Ben Okri is a Nigerian poet and author who was one of the youngest writers to win the Booker Prize in 1991 for his novel The Famished Road. I recently finished reading this book and it now numbers among my all-time favorites and so I poked around YouTube searching for an interview with him. And […]
The Rich Diversity of You and Us
You are unique – there has been nobody like you ever before and there will be no one quite like you ever again. So take a minute (or a few) to rejoice in you. Love yourself completely just as you are with all your (apparent) imperfections and maladies and quirks. This is part of your […]
THESE TIMES
Fourteen years ago, in mid-December, I met the man who I am now married to at a Shopper Christmas party. One week later, my mother passed away peacefully on the night of the winter solstice. I nestled close to her now cool body until the ambulance arrived. This year, there will be no Shopper party […]
PATIENCE
When my daughter was in nursery school, her favorite song starred a snail and had the following refrain: “Be patient, be patient, don’t be in such a hurry/when you get impatient, you only start to worry.” These words have popped back into my mind in the last few weeks, as we have been dealing with […]
Our Underworlds and Mexico
Mexico, what do you think of when you hear this word? Perhaps it is tacos and tequila that comes to your mind, or maybe an enjoyable vacation you took there by the beach. Or it could be that you think of drugs and danger, poverty and violence. Maybe images of some Hollywood movie comes to […]
Living Stones, Loving Earth & Now
Life as we know it is changing, shifting. We can feel it in our bones and in our hearts. Many are the explanations offered for these new times we struggle to wrap our minds around. For those who truly follow the ancient Toltec/Mayan ways, this is because we are in a time of transition from […]
Embracing our Personal Power
“Don’t accelerate too fast,” H. told me in a stern voice. Her words had a visibly misty appearance as they left her mouth. She was wearing a fuzzy jacket over her hefty hulk, snow boots on her feet. Less than five minutes ago we had met for the first time – when I knocked hesitantly […]
Who am I?
Who am I? Why am I here? What do I want to learn in this lifetime? Some say that the first step before any true healing can occur involves answering honestly and deeply these questions about yourself. Alejandro Jodorowsky – movie director, author, tarotist, and much more – numbers among the most creative and innovative […]
Salmon Spirit Message #1
Salmon Spirit Message #1 My name is Salmon of the vibrant tribe – I ask you what it is that makes you happy, What it is that makes you feel alive? I don’t soar in the sky Like eagle feather – my friend spouse – And I don’t forage through the bushes and tress Like […]
