December 2012

  • Lady in the Wind

    I had the day off today and I spent many hours in the basement creating a Lady quilt for a woman who has been instrumental with WIND.   As the quilt began to take shape….the tree bending in the Wind,… Continue reading

  • Their Own Inner Pain.

    In this world, hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, ancient and inexhaustible. —BUDDHA   Daily reading from Mark Nepo's  "The Book of Awakening" "One of the most difficult things about healing from being hurt… Continue reading

  • Action where it matters.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/16/i-am-adam-lanzas-mother-mental-illness-conversation_n_2311009.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=1306580,b=facebook The link above is by a woman who truly understands how tragedy happens…it isn't about the lack of gun laws, nor is it about there being no religion or God association in schools, it is about the delicate balance… Continue reading

  • Your Own Feelings

    Below is today's reading by Mark Nepo from his book "The book of Awakening" The sun doesn't stop shining because people are blind.   It is a hard challenge to stay true to ourselves in the face of indifference. Rejection and… Continue reading

  • Pictures try to tell…

    My mother sent a christmas card, a collage of photos of christmases long ago…christmas mornings, tree decorating, stockings were hung, and traditional baking treats…children's faces; all a post card of a loving family christmas.  If only, it was true to… Continue reading

  • I Let It Go…

    In Michael Singer's book, "The Untethered Soul" – The Journey Beyond Yourself, he writes in Chapter 7 "Transcending the Tendency to Close". "Since it’s not socially acceptable to run into the woods and hide like a deer, you hide inside.… Continue reading

  • People who are indifferent.

    "Indifference enables everything that is bad."  Elie Wiesel I highly recommend watching the interview Oprah had with Elie on her Soul Series…you can watch on Oprah.com. What Elie says, "Indifference and passiveness is worse than hatred, it enables everything that… Continue reading

  • I am Lucky

    I am reading books by the Author Mary Pipher…and the one I picked up at the Library is "Writing to Change the World".  It is a small book with writing insights that I am finding interesting.  I skimmed around and… Continue reading

  • One Blog

    When I thought of having two blogs; to create a space between the deep escavating of my inner self, and then the Artful self moving forward…I thought it would work. To leave behind the dialogue of my past…to then create… Continue reading

  • Keep things the same.

    I am reading the book "Awaken the Giant Within" By Anthony Robbins.   A quote first "Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, thre is one elementary truth – that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too."… Continue reading