Each day, we wake slightly altered, and the person we were yesterday is dead. John Updike quoted in The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp We are at the mid-point in the 12 weeks of winter. In the six weeks leading up to the spring equinox, the opportunity is in...
Voluntary Simplicity
The Journey Continues …
It is my conviction that slight changes in imagination have more impact on living than major efforts at change. Thomas Moore Please note that the first listing at the top of the right sidebar contains the 2021 Creative Energy Report MP3 file. I invite you to listen today....
Another Door Opens …
This photo, taken several years ago at the tree farm, reminds me that everything wants to grow UP^ … Since 2010 the loblolly pine trees have gone from being boot/ankle-high to now towering well overhead. The name of the tree farm for the first ten years was BBG (Blue...
Living Life in Widening Circles
Looking at the Natural Calendar, November has us traveling inward. We are continuing the six-month process of sinking deep into our roots. The first 90 days (stretching from fall equinox to winter solstice) can be used for mind-training. In as little as15 quiet minutes a day, it becomes possible...
Free 8-Day ‘Emotional Maturity’ Challenge
The 8-day ‘Free to BE Effective / Emotional Maturity Challenge begins on Monday, October 19. I invite you to register and insert 10 minutes each day to “imagine what it means to have no cares, no worries, and no anxieties … ten minutes of being open to the effectiveness...
The Criteria of Emotional Maturity
Every act rewards itself, or in other words, integrates itself, in a twofold manner; first in the thing, or in real nature; and secondly in the circumstance, or in apparent nature. Ralph Waldo Emerson October is my favorite month year after year. Being here at our 50-acre retreat tree...
A Maze in Grace
Dear Gentle Readers, In this post, I find myself particularly reflective. These nine months of being the midwife for the nineteen-year-old, providing space so that she could give birth to her story, has been unsettling as well as moving. She has helped me to experience a profound part of...
Bridges to Cross
Dear Readers: We are nearing the close of this 1968 rite of passage. In this chapter, the nineteen-year-old employs the method of healing and integration that she provided for me in December 2018 as my arm healed. She looks to a time when she was an empowered/natural child. She...
The Glory of Friendship
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson ...
The Natural Rhythm of a Day
Dear Readers ~ I, and the nineteen-year-old girl, appreciate your eye, your heart, and your comments. If you are new to this blog I invite you to circle around to the beginning chapter. To recap; this is a story of recovery and discovery which comes forward as part of...