I am guilty sometimes of a sort of emotional amnesia- I let my stress and uncertainty sort of sweep me away, and I get caught up in being caught up. I forget the tools I’ve learned, and I spend time swirling around feeling overwhelmed, as if I am in a state of not knowing what… Read More
A book I read and enjoyed long ago was by Sue Bender, called Stretching Lessons. It is not a typical book, not a typical structure, more like stories told over tea. Not exactly linear, but with narrative and insight and honesty I really enjoyed. She mentions a moment where she fully owns that she is… Read More
I’m not proud of it, but I confess, I tend toward all or nothing thinking. So this year, I am trying very hard to focus on the middle way– at least, I am trying to even REMEMBER that there IS a such a thing as a middle way. If I am so lucky as to… Read More
What one thing can you do today (or find, or think about, or plan for) that can move your own heartwork forward? Find those addressed envelopes from last spring when you were almost ready to send out your manuscript, call that financial advisor, email that pilates instructor, window-shop for supplies, log off an hour early… Read More
So, in thinking of forgiveness, I got to thinking about self compassion. And how incredibly it hard it is to extend to ourselves the same compassion we would extend to almost anyone else. In that light, I wanted to share something with you here that I came up with for my journaling e-workshop–a short but… Read More
No photos tonight, but some thoughts. I am thinking a lot about the power of apology and acknowledgement. A wound from very long ago and far away received a completely unexpected gift of an apology this weekend, and the healing was quiet but profound. I feel such gratitude. The whole experience was transformative enough, profound… Read More
We think of balance as something static– but mine is more like mad dashes back and forth across the teetertotter– not static at all, but overall, questing balance.
I am a lover of kinetic sculpture and mobiles, not all, usually those boasting the simpler forms. This one is above the bed, paddles made of foam by the wondrous Rachel of the Wonderland Studio (etsy)
This is another photo motivated by trying to pay different attention– these are about looking more closely at some of the things in my immediate surroundings– I tend to look past them into this virtual world, or out the window. Since I know this, I decided to take this opportunity to just reconnect- look… Read More
This came today!!! I attended in 2004 or 2005, it was awesome. “ Join this year’s faculty — Christopher Cokinos, David Gessner, and Ginger Strand, as well as Orion editors H. Emerson Blake and Jennifer Sahn — at the 2012 Wildbranch Writing Workshop. Click here for more information and application materials. Share This:
Sometimes when I am stuck, really really stuck, it takes some sort of colossal effort to haul myself out of the stuckness. It is as if I am attached to being stuck somehow. Stuck is safe I guess. Known. There are risks though: missed opportunities, deadlines that will pass, folks who will be disappointed. And… Read More
