The concept of aging hit home for me years ago when interviewing my 96 year-old friend, Marj, who explained to me that the opposite of old is not young; The opposite of old is NEW. That statement told me she lives her life with curiosity and openness. Her statement led me to think of lifespan […]
Shifting Sands to Holy Ground Finding balance while standing on shifting sands pulls me towards a hunger for holy ground. April arrived with blessed rains in 'my' valley; the space and place where I am rooted within community. In times where uncertainty is prevalent, I recognized the weaving of three holy gatherings honoring the resurrection […]
Spring, 2023 Maybe it’s because I was birthed near the Spring Equinox, or because in spring my body senses burst forth seeing bluebonnets, spotting robins and noticing buds everywhere I look, but it seems that March is the beginning of the year for me. I’m noticing my resistance to January as a beginning. Feels more […]
Winter Solstice season is when the Sun reaches the lowest point in the sky. It is also known as Yule and has been celebrated for centuries around the world and as early as the Stone Age. It is considered by the Celts as one of the 8 Sabbats/holidays representing Birth/Death/Rebirth. The longest night of the […]
Quantum land is a place of no time. Since I am not a mathematician, nor do I understand quantum mechanics, I need a way to translate those hefty equations! In my head I see mandalas, spirals and grids. My heart understands intuitively what my head doesn't grasp. My gut gives me information that resonates with […]
Aging with ease is the theme of my talk in Taos, NM, on August 17th. Some people believe that aging is a disease along with other out-of-sync myths. We will explore the idea that adding years to life can be a 'new' experience that activates wholeness and what it means to be healthful. Pause * […]
The question for me is 'how do I sort it out? What are the old and new ways?' This is a time I want to sit in a circle with wise grandmothers to hear what they have to say. To sit with the Ones who have the lived experience of moving through a seismic […]
My attention to the July 4th celebration this year has brought me to a reckoning about independence. I remember when I learned to ride a bicycle and that felt like independence, a way to be on my own, away from my parents. When I learned to drive a car that feeling expanded and gave me […]
Upgrade Recently I've been remembering some of my personal initiations as a human. Not the menstrual cycles I experienced as a budding woman, but more of the kind that shock me awake. Like the time as a young mother raising my kids in 'church' and overhearing the deacons talking about what they would do if […]