into the ether

into the ether

in my recent past, I had these seven years of my life that seemed to disappear into the ether. during that time I met and helped to raise a wonderful 4-year-old boy, and his 7-year-old sister. Last month my step daughter turned 16. I was with them for seven...
we all age.

we all age.

Jax is now more silver, grey and white then caramel and black… this is okay. my roots are grey and silver, too! I see my feelings around this as an acceptance of how life works, the cycles and seasons of all, from birth to youth to older age, wisdom and the...
july seven, retrospective

july seven, retrospective

*NOTE: thanks to facebook serving me up my memories, I copied and pasted what I wrote for my dad on each of the last july 7’s. i’m still so lucky to have had such an amazing dad. lately I’ve begun to work on regret, and it has been transformative. as...
curiosity about life online and real life…

curiosity about life online and real life…

I discovered today thru a personal experiment that Facebook is not a very curious platform. I PRIZE curiosity and believe it to be one of the wellsprings of growth. When i discover something new, i turn to my digital (and physical) resources and then post on the same,...
learning, and growing

learning, and growing

what meditative musical resonance this morning to be grateful for! bird song, splashing water, gongs, i feel deeply connected to the rhythm of all of life. peaceful, divinely whole, perfectly imperfect, loved, enough. i do love sundays. i have a few things i do daily...