Happy Birthday

by | Jul 31, 2019 | affinity, aging, amusement, birthdays, childhood, communication, connection, harmony, heart, home, life-giving, memoir, messages, play, possibilities, practice, self-care, surprise, tenderness

My birthday was ten days ago. Miraculously, the weather was lovely that day—sunny, highs in the 70s, low humidity. Highly unusual for that date. My birthday almost always falls on one of those insufferably hot, humid and airless midsummer days familiar to Minnesotans....

Lesson from a Horse: Part II

by | Jun 3, 2019 | affinity, animals, body wisdom, breath, communication, connection, growth, heart, intuition, life-giving, listening, messages, mind, modern life, possibilities, practice, senses, spirit, tenderness, transformation, Uncategorized, vision, vulnerability, wonder

Last year at this time I went to a daylong personal growth workshop with horses. In these workshops horses are not ridden; participants touch, lead and observe them. Powerful, gentle and extremely sensitive, horses are excellent mirrors because they attune to what our...

Recognition

by | Apr 4, 2019 | affinity, aging, beauty, communication, connection, creativity, harmony, heart, imagination, joy, life-giving, listening, modern life, possibilities, rejuvenation, senses, stories, surprise, tears, tenderness, the feminine, women, wonder

It’s a truism that we all affect each other. I am reminded how surprising and nourishing a chance meeting with a stranger can be as I recall fondly an incident that happened several years ago. After Tom and I had finished brunch at a busy local restaurant on a Sunday...

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...

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....

Tending

by | Sep 8, 2018 | affinity, amusement, babies, balance, beauty, body wisdom, communication, connection, gardens, heart, hope, imagination, joy, life-giving, modern life, nature, possibilities, practice, senses, singing, tenderness

I just finished deadheading the petunias around my mailbox. Noticing how much I enjoy doing it. I like to check how the flowers are doing, see whether they have enough water, pause to enjoy their colors and scent. I like to touch them, talk to them, spread their stems...