This past weekend I had the pleasure and privilege of spending three days at the beautiful Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, with a group of amazing people from all over the east coast to hear thoughts on Encountering Silence from Carl McColman. Carl not only is a prolific author on the subject of […]
Ah, morning! What marvelous unknowns will you set before me? What unexpected events will you make unfold? I awake. Curious, ready to receive your plans. Gentle morning. There is a newness to your breeze. A freshness I invite into my body as I inhale you in. I offer gratitude with each breathe. Sweet […]
Women Our collective voice wields power Don’t try and break our chain for we were shacked for too long Our desire for equality cries out There is no denying our contributions Curie, Parks, Nightengale, Thatcher Winfrey, Pankhurst, Roosevelt, The Queen Don’t silence us Don’t put us down For as the sun and phoenix rise […]
My husband and I have three go to walks that we choose from with our three canine family members. Willie, Waylon and Chewie live for these daily jaunts in and around our neighborhood and their excitement builds even before we actually say the word “walk” to them. They have this uncanny ability to read us […]
Tell the truth why? nobody does Tell the truth why? doesn’t matter Tell the truth why? who cares real news – fake news- lie – cheat – steal race to the top – race to the front doesn’t matter how just do it we hear what we want to hear and create the truth we […]
The hum of conversation clinking glasses -coffee cups The buzz of the grinder People rushing – people resting conversation and solitude The local coffee spot whitewashed, shiplapped old hardwoods with a story to tell I sit alone I search for an eye, maybe a smile waiting, hoping, searching I see…Mothers and daughters friends and lovers […]
Yesterday began Lent in the Christian faith. Lent is a season of the Christian Year where Christians focus on simple living, prayer, and fasting in order to grow closer to God. It’s the forty days before Easter. Ash Wednesday usually begins with a service where we recognize our mortality, repent of our sins, and return […]
Time: Weekly Photo Challenge 0 to 60 0 to 60…that’s what you said I fell hard, I fell fast. Yes! TIME: blink of an eye The heart cannot deny the way that it feels 0 to 60…that’s the beginning of love We are exceptional, there is no doubt TIME: day by day We’ll take our […]
The healthy are sick The sick are healthy Some days this is how I see the world Healthy people with sick heads, sick thoughts, sick intentions Sick people with strong heads, healthy thoughts, healthy desires This is a messed up, up-side-down world The haters hate and hurt innocent, loving people The kind are left wounded […]
I can’t escape The wheel turns over and over and over never stopping Even when it slows so I can catch my breath, it is still not enough to jump off Do I really want to get out then? I say that I do. I want to believe that I do. But what can I […]
practical insanity 