Finding a pine needle on the floor at the end of February spins me back to an afternoon in my former marriage. With Joe on his recliner, and me on the nearby couch, I say I’m bothered about an issue with my parents. My husband says something on the order of, Why are you bringing this up again? I mumble an answer that comes to mind and … [Read more...]
Are You Ready To Burst Into Bloom?
In the vegetable and flower garden my partner Ben tends, Cosmos taller than I dance in the wind and rain…beautiful sentinels. Fragile, radiant, sweetly pink or white. Conversely, a flower bed in front of our home features Cosmos without flowers, looking rather Charlie Brownish. We check them often for signs of flowering. Not … [Read more...]
Healing Into our Higher Selves
My phone rings at 11:26 a.m. Where are you? says the caller to pajama-clad me typing away, getting ready for tomorrow’s speaking engagement. Wow! My brain swiftly organizes from chaos to realize this is the person who invited me to give a talk in front of a group of women tomorrow. And she’s on the phone saying the program is today. And … [Read more...]
Take a Break from TV to See What Arises
In my childhood, our family ate dinner with Chet Huntley and David Brinkley reporting the news. My assigned task was to hurdle the pet gate to turn the living room set to its nuclear noise level before racing back, re-hurdling, and finding my seat at the white Formica table (to eat in silence as we played out a family dysfunction). In later … [Read more...]
Giving Words to Experience and Feelings
When our sons were young, and I was in a poetry group, our leader handed out fliers about a Poetry Therapy Weekend with John Fox. It sounded intriguing, and I decided I’d ask my husband that evening if he'd be okay staying with our sons while I attended the workshop. I knew I’d love to get away to delve into my thoughts and deep writing under the … [Read more...]
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