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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, begins to move with us. The first steps may not … Read More

Hello there again, my friends, Today, I’m immersed in thinking about living with stress because I’m preparing a talk about it. I’ve been writing ideas and thoughts and outlines, feeling interested, and then stressed, and then excited about the fun of the process and being with this group who invited … Read More

I. Discovered online after Paris attacks November 2015 later that night i held an atlas in my lap ran my fingers across the whole world and whispered where does it hurt? it answered everywhere everywhere everywhere —Warsan Shire   II. In response: posted August 2016 Heart breaking, I wondered, what can I … Read More

Hello there, my friends … This month I have been collecting my thinking about the “so anyway” parts of life and communication. One day looking back through a longer e-mail I had written to a dear friend, I found several “so anyways” marking the places that I returned from what could … Read More

Wildflower; pick up your pretty head It will get easier; your dreams are not dead. —Nikki Rowe The morning sun on the yellow gladiolas The morning sun on the yellow gladiolas Lights the first two petals Making them seem to glow from inside I love the gladiolas And the long … Read More

This is my third attempt at writing about this subject. I wrote valiantly and quickly the first time, with ideas flowing from my heart. When I finished, I had five pages, which I already knew was way too long, but cutting anything out was not an option for me. So … Read More

This poem pulled me to it immediately.  First as I read, it spoke to my heart.  I wanted to copy it and keep it with me to read again and again … or simply have. Since then, I have found that the ways it resonates with me are diverse and … Read More

“Alice replied, ‘I — I hardly know, sir, just at present — at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.’“ Do you know this quote from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland? It’s a … Read More

“Honey, it’s too late for baby prayers. It’s time for trust and surrender.” * Do you keep a Quotes Journal? A dedicated place to keep the words you read or see or hear that particularly speak to you? A friend recently mentioned that she had books that she filled with … Read More

“Come closer now and listen. There is no other life than this … [By changing what came before] you would not have stumbled into the vastly imperfect, beautiful, impossible present.”  from Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage by Dani Shapiro How are you at accepting the “what is?” I don’t mean giving up. I … Read More

“I want to make a speech, said Vincent. “Don’t flinch. I make lovely speeches, as you know. Here’s my speech. I am entirely happy. I am a prince. I have just gotten married and I am in love. Life is a  banquet. Do you have anything to say to that?” … Read More

Have you ever turned yourself over to a particular struggle on a regular basis? Well, now that it is May and both taxes and license renewal are completed again, and I have regained my general equilibrium in life—for today—I will tell you that every two years in March, I hand … Read More

I’m back at my mother’s black pot on my table A vase ? An urn? (Must an urn have a lid?) This worn black vessel has no lid It looks sturdy And, to me, sweet at the same time With painted stems and leaves and small round flowers Worn It … Read More

Have you ever shopped for groceries on Sunday evening around 6:00? And how was that? Crowded, crazy with people maybe getting food for a late Sunday dinner or maybe getting ready for the week ahead—or both. Did you like it? Were you harried and hurried yourself? I always think of … Read More

You may think that you need to find an answer in order to have peace of mind. But if you choose peace of mind now, you will have an answer. On a path of growth, we don’t get rid of chaos. We learn how to dance in the uncertainty, breathe through fire, … Read More