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Fruit and Death
October 16, 2020
Fruit and death. The scent of autumn, and what comes to mind as I clear out the house we’ve lived in for nearly 30 years. Finding things long forgotten, savoring the memories, letting so many treasures go. Filled with grief for the passing and gratitude for the abundance. Mother Nature provides a respite for me from all this emotion, jumping in the leaves. And a drawing suggests that life may be more complex and multilayered than we expect.read more
Regarding Baskets
September 17, 2020
I’ve always loved baskets, ever since I was a kid. Over the years my appreciation has grown. In this blog I consider why, and state firmly that it is NOT trivial to create little slices of beauty, to infuse love into “ordinary” things and places.read more
Remembering August 22, 1970
August 17, 2020
Fifty years ago this week my mom nearly died in a terrorist bombing in St. Paul. Just weeks before my senior year in high school. I want to tell the story, to mark the anniversary, to make sense of it after so many years. But I’m not sure I can make sense of it.read more
In the Stream Together
July 18, 2020
I’ve been remembering my friend who died last July, just after her 66th birthday. Our connection was an uncanny one, with twists and turns. In this blog I talk about our 2 years in high school, 40 years apart and then reconnecting 8 years before she died.read more
Brain Jam, Spilled Emotion and a Butterfly
June 22, 2020
My mind is clogged with words and ideas: news reports and commentary; essays and articles about policing, racism and white privilege; related podcasts and seminars; lists of resources; urgent calls for action. When I look up from the computer to try to clear my overstuffed head, feelings of anxiety, anger and powerlessness remain. That’s when I turn to artmaking. Or to the wonder of nature.read more
Advice from the Cards
May 20, 2020
A tarot reading for these times, as we begin the third month after the pandemic was declared.read more
A Question to Ponder on Earth Day in a Pandemic
April 21, 2020
This "Mrs. God Poem" by Connie Wanek holds a question to ponder on this 50th Anniversary of Earth Day in a pandemic.read more
An Art Path In a Pandemic
March 23, 2020
An experiential walk through some paintings during this pandemic.read more
Ode to a Sweatshirt
February 21, 2020
As I reached happily for my well worn hooded sweatshirt again this morning, I wondered suddenly why I feel such affection for it, and for all those I’ve ever had, why I am always on the lookout for new ones to replace those that wear out, and why I am so excited when I find one. I’m a little sheepish to discover all the energy and meaning that I associate with my hooded sweatshirts.read more
Painting With My Dead Friend
January 23, 2020
Holly, a dear friend of mine, died last summer. She was a writer and a creative soul in many ways, including artmaking of all kinds. She unfailingly encouraged all my artistic efforts, at the same time subtly jostling me out of my comfort zones and into new creative territory. I have discovered that even after death Holly continues to inspire and challenge me well beyond what I had imagined.read more
Buzzing Bees
November 25, 2019
In numerous cultures around the world bees were sacred, associated with the Divine Feminine. Archeologists have found images of bees, bee priestesses and bee goddesses dating back millennia. I wrote this poem in fun, in honor of our group, but also for all the Bee Priestesses across time and space, and for all women.read more
Respite from the Mind
October 29, 2019
am not willing to abandon this place of embodied enchantment. Life swirls around me, and it will continue to do so, making demands, throwing at me welcome and unwelcome surprises. Yet I believe I can remain response-able to the outer world, while also holding enough space and silence within to feel that I belong to a rich, wondrous and many-layered universe. So instead of more words I share a few seasonal photos, some from my time up north. May they provide a little pause in your day, a little beauty, a little humor, perhaps, or a little magic.read more
Images of Insecurity
September 27, 2019
Inner voices told me who I was and how I was living were inadequate... I had the sudden impulse to draw these thoughts somehow, to get them out on paper without words. I felt relief at pouring these thoughts out in images. Emotionally detached from what I was hearing. Already I felt lighter. Curious about what would evolve on the paper, it began to be fun.read more
Hidden Treasures
August 30, 2019
The surprise on this trip were mushrooms—mushrooms everywhere. Though we visited places we had been before, we saw mushrooms this time that we had never seen. And once we began to see mushrooms, we saw them all over. Amazed at the variety and beauty thriving in just a small area, we took lots of photos. I share some of them with you, knowing that the photos cannot fully show their artistry, or convey our excitement at finding mushrooms tucked under evergreens, hiding amidst grasses, or poking out of rotten stumps or lichen-covered stone. We felt like kids on a treasure hunt.read more
Happy Birthday
July 31, 2019
I love birthdays. Not just my own, but everybody’s--the idea of birthdays. Maybe because I came from a high-achieving family, I relish the idea that everyone has a day once a year to be celebrated, for no achievement, for no reason other than being alive. When else do we do this—at least for people outside our close family and friends--aside from birthdays?read more
A Poem for the Fourth of July Weekend
July 5, 2019
A poem, "In the Fourth of July Parade," by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer for this Fourth of July weekend.read more
Lesson from a Horse: Part II
June 3, 2019
In last June’s blog I wrote about one powerful experience at this workshop learning about love with a dear horse named Shooter. In this blog I’d like share another part of the adventure of that day.read more
Summons
May 4, 2019
My day had changed. The invigorating warmth and cheer in my heart and belly remained. I sent another “thank you” to the Universe for so sweetly breaking my trance of thinking, rushing and planning. Plunging me back into true life. So many things can do it, especially at this luscious time of spring, but that day it was the determined, gleeful babbling of a child (I can see and hear that baby still.)read more
Recognition
April 4, 2019
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. The writer Christina Baldwin calls it the “invisible internet,” the way we sometimes profoundly influence each other by what we do, or say, or by our presence, in ways we may never know.read more
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— Rumi
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Recently on Whisperings
Fruit and Death
10/16/2020
Regarding Baskets
09/17/2020
Remembering August 22, 1970
08/17/2020
In the Stream Together
07/18/2020
Advice from the Cards
05/20/2020
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My Reflections and News contain personal reflections, poems, quotations, photos, a bit of my artwork, links to things I love, and news and information about my intuitive guidance practice.
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Holding it All: August Reflections and News
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Communion: June Reflections and News
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