Creating Space

My lifelong collection of shells As 2024 begins, what will you continue? What good practices, positive attributes, meaningful choices are you already making? The new year is always a time for intentions, goals, and resolutions. What if this year, we take a page from...

Grateful for Life as a Walking Meditation

From a place of gratitude, I have been reflecting on my recent walk on the Camino de Santiago. Any time I take a long walk, it becomes a meditation of sorts. Whether scaling rocks in the white Mountains of NH, or walking through unfamiliar towns & villages,...

Relishing Relaxation

How do you relax? In the final full month of summer, we have the chance to enjoy the gifts of this fleeting season: outdoor evening meals, long days, travel, vacations, gathering with family and friends, and maybe some relaxation. I love the idea of relaxing… though I...

The Trouble with Getting Comfortable

Our rapidly changing world can be overwhelming or cause for celebration, we get to decide. Most days it feels like a combination of both and our choice comes in how we respond. So what happened to getting comfortable? As humans, we gravitate toward comfort. We like...

Magical Mystical March

How lion-like that the first week of March brought more snow than the entire winter season? The lion and lamb image and stories symbolize magical and mystical qualities. It also relates to lore of  March weather patterns. Wikipedia offers...

Becoming Empty

What and where do you want to empty? Perhaps it is the inspiration of a new year; this new beginning and new perspective that has seeped into my awareness.  I keep feeling like becoming empty is something that is urgent and important.  It started when a friend &...