A Search for Home

by | Mar 5, 2019 | affinity, ambiguity, balance, body wisdom, conflict, connection, earth, freedom, growth, harmony, heart, home, intuition, joy, life-giving, nature, planning, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, senses, soul, Uncategorized, wildness

I’ve been thinking about home.  And the longing for home. For a long time I have wanted to move, probably out of Minnesota, but when I think about where to go, I get muddled. Because I think there might be several kinds of home, and mine pull me in different...

Fragile

by | Feb 5, 2019 | artistic expression, balance, body wisdom, childhood, communication, conflict, connection, creativity, crying, darkness, heart, inner critic, joy, messages, self-care, shoulds, subpersonalities, tears, tenderness, the feminine, Uncategorized, vulnerability

I’ve been feeling small the last few days. Fragile. Young. Sensitive. I want to be held, snuggled, tended. And I’m tired. And weepy. I’m fighting off a skin infection and I’ve had a busy couple months—that must be it. Why must I always search for a reasonable...

Looking and Not Talking

by | Jan 7, 2019 | affinity, artistic expression, balance, beauty, body wisdom, breath, communication, connection, creativity, harmony, heart, imagination, life-giving, listening, mind, modern life, nature, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, senses, silence, solitude, spirit, Uncategorized, vision, vulnerability, words, writing

  I’m hanging in a wordless space, even as I write these words. Recently home from a family trip on the Oregon coast for the holidays, I’m savoring all I saw and heard there: my family, of course; and also blustery winds and rain; thundering waves; squawking...

Playtime for a Full Heart

by | Dec 6, 2018 | affinity, amusement, artistic expression, balance, breath, creativity, foolish, heart, holidays, imagination, laughter, life-giving, play, poetry, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, surprise, Uncategorized, words, writing

Life has been intense lately. Amidst the dark and cold and holiday hullabaloo (and provoking world and national news), many people I love are going through very tough experiences right now.  So I decided to give my sore heart a break with a little playtime. The result...

The Day After

by | Nov 7, 2018 | affinity, ambiguity, balance, clearing, connection, dreams, freedom, growth, heart, hope, imagination, life-giving, listening, modern life, noise, overwhelm, poetry, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, shadow, tenderness, transformation, Uncategorized, vision, vulnerability

I am posting this blog on the new moon, the day after the midterm elections. We begin two new cycles–lunar and political–yet much has not changed. I found helpful today the wisdom in this poem by Carrie Newcomer so I thought I’d pass it on....

Gift from a Horse

by | Jun 13, 2018 | affinity, animals, body wisdom, breath, clearing, communication, connection, crying, growth, harmony, heart, joy, life-giving, listening, messages, possibilities, self-care, senses, spirit, surprise, tears, transformation, Uncategorized, vulnerability

Nearly three weeks ago I went to a daylong personal growth workshop with horses. Because horses are powerful, gentle and extremely sensitive they are used for confidence building with special needs adults and children, in leadership training and team building and in...