Five and a Half Years in the High Security Lock-Up Ward

My experience of being in the lock-up ward (1991-1995) taught me much about how I might support others in celebrating strengths which often involves learning to turn wounds to wisdom. I’ll share the story of how I came to be in lock-down…an amazing time… in a future post. It was during those years that I dropped down […]

Put Your Stake in the Ground

Super Volute, Drozda, Acrylic/board, 12 x 12″ 1998 Last week I shared touchstones that I enlist to support my relationship with a natural and rhythmic flow of time.  It’s July 31 and we’re experiencing a phenomenon of ‘once in a Blue Moon’ which happens every couple of years. I invite us to celebrate by going a bit deeper […]

The School of What’s Happening Now

Once upon a time some days ago I wandered far off the beaten path into the back country of Bandelier National Monument. Backpacking and tenting in the canyons and hiking the mesas I came upon primordial pathways worn into the rocky mountain. These long smooth troughs in stone create sculpted echoes from the foot falls of the Anasazi filling me with wonderful questions about […]