I don't think you can expect Change from a year.  Yet, so many have 'hopes' that this new year will deliver better.  A year is just time passing. It is the blank space we reside in.  It doesn't have the… Continue reading

A year ago when a snowshoe was suggested, I asked how difficult, how long, and was very apprehensive about whether I could complete it.  Understandable.  I had no gauge at what I could or could not do.  Each adventure was… Continue reading

I felt the release from expectations this morning; that today could just be today.  It arrived as a blank slate and wasn't expecting anything from me.  The expectations of Christmas that held me prisoner were dropped. I just don't believe… Continue reading

You simply can't have holidays without family and thinking about family.  Which I believe is why the holidays are so stressful.  It makes you look at what you have or don't have. There is a joining of two forces; those… Continue reading

I created a quilt yesterday, of ladies in a circle – a women's group.  Which has led me to wonder about why we gather in clumps? Synonyms to the word group are "category, class, classification, grouping, set, lot, bunch, bracket,… Continue reading

What is the cost of Fear?  What really happens in your life when you are in the fear thinking mode? Or, when you allow fear to have its way with you?  Do you know the cost in your life of… Continue reading

We all have dates we remember, dates that can be celebratory and dates that can bring sorrow with reflection. Dates, marks of time, moments where our lives held significant changes.   We give these days power…or try to control ourselves… Continue reading

  Being asked to give of my time or money is a very personal exchange.  It is one that I haven't contemplated for a long while. There was a point in my life, where I stopped giving completely, for it… Continue reading

What is a natural funeral? How can we celebrate death in a more natural setting?  Is there a distinct correlation between how we live and how we die? Is our funeral reflective of our life values? In speaking with a… Continue reading

At a wedding, they spoke about Weather being a great tool for acceptance or for seeing reality.  I love this. For years I have listened to folks argue with reality…about the weather. When you are fully with the day's forecast… Continue reading