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In touch with the vast ocean, I breathe in Smiling with the vast ocean, I breathe out (from Plum Village Deep Relaxation Meditation) Many years ago, when my children were thirteen and ten, we moved together from where they had … Read More

1. My stream of consciousness  I flew in to be here I was watering some flowers in the quiet morning When two little birds caught my eye on the empty feeders Looking for what’s left of what is usually full, … Read More

“Though we shake our heads, admitting on bad days that [life] is all too hard, if some legendary film       director were to offer you such a part, you’d  think it a role of a lifetime —and it is.”  — Mark … Read More

“If relative to the history of our planet, an individual life is short, a blink of an eye, as they say, then to be gorgeous, even from the day you’re born to the day you die, is to be gorgeous … Read More

Have you noticed this in the past months: an awareness of feeling less safe, more vulnerable? less patience, more irritability, which is sometimes what comes to the surface when what we are really feeling is not safe? or a generalized, … Read More

I recently moved out of an office building in which I had been renting one office or another for over 29 years of a 33 year counseling practice. In the process of the move out, I discovered that I was, … Read More

Yes, those are my feet. And I did wear those two different shoes out of the house to get a haircut. When later in the day, I actually discovered I was wearing two different shoes, by looking at one foot … Read More

What a strange title for this chrysanthemum/poinsettia time of year. What do tulips have to do with November and December, you might wonder, although I did see some at Publix recently. However, I’ve been gone from you a long time … Read More

So many thoughts. So much to think about and write about. Finally a place and time to write the thoughts. The ten day old baby is sleeping and so is his mother. His father is getting the car serviced and … Read More

Fires out of control Destroying people’s homes and lives The loss more than I can count Hundreds dead and missing From the fires and earthquakes and floods And people shot, killed in their synagogue Or their church or the mosque … Read More

“Peace within; Peace between; Peace among.”   “Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” I don’t know where that first quote came from. I have looked and all I found was the title of a Virginia Satir … Read More

Maybe childhood, in the days of Cinderella fantasies, but certainly through high school and college, all I wanted or imagined was an ordinary life. I would get educated, but not too much, get married to the right young man, and … Read More

Collaboration, More Recalibration, Love and Loyalty…and Meyer Lemons When my children and I moved to Winter Park over thirty years ago, four-way stops were new to me. All the cars stopped at the stop signs and took turns driving through … Read More

Three months ago, I wouldn’t have expected to be writing this today as an end to my hiatus from sharing my thoughts with you. One month ago, I made a different start than what you will read here, but before … Read More

It is true, my dear friends.  Dancing is one of the short-cuts to happiness. We move our bodies, and our energy starts to flow. Physical energy, yes, and also emotional energy. Keep dancing. Whatever we have held back, locked up, … Read More