A father sent his four sons out to learn about the world, asking them to journey to a far away land and report about an ancient pear tree. He sent one son in winter, one in spring, one in summer, and one in fall. After the year had passed, the sons gathered together to report […]
Tuesday, September 22 was the 2020 Autumnal Equinox, nature’s official start to fall. The word Equinox is Latin for equal night, implying a balance between duration of light and darkness. The equinox occurs when the sun crosses the celestial equator, marking the shift to shorter days and more darkness. It’s perfect timing, because the world […]
2020 has been a season of disappointment. We’ve all fallen victim to The Year of Cancellations, but my teenage daughter has had more than her share. Her KUNA trip fell through. Our family concerts were rescheduled. The yoga retreat she helps me with was postponed, then nixed. School morphed from an in-person experience to a […]
When I awaken each day, I ask myself three questions before I get out of bed. How can I give? How can I grow? How am I grateful? Then I brew the coffee, drink a glass of water, let Cat Stevens in, then snuggle on the couch with cat and coffee to meditate. Maintaining this […]
In the last week, I have cried numerous times. I cry when I’m sad or scared, but also when I’m delighted and awed. I cried when I finished a book, my heart rendering at the thought of leaving those characters. I cried as I watched news footage of Hurricane Laura battering the Louisiana coast. I […]
If he is living this tale when he sits to write, does he imagine himself as Sheherazade? Or as Shahrayar? ~from my personal journal, March 1997 I took a Creative Writing class in grad school. The professor had this saying. “If you aren’t writing for your life, you shouldn’t be writing.” His tagline was a […]
