Making friends takes some work. It’s not enough to like someone when you meet. It is so easy to fall off of their radar screen after the meeting no matter how much you felt a connection. My daughter reminds me to follow up with an email to open the lines of communication. There are so… Read more »
I would love to write about something else, but I made a promise to myself to be honest in these blogs even if they expose my vulnerability. I got the papers today to prepare for closing on my house in New York in one week. It was a busy day searching for old documents, getting… Read more »
Today I started the process of turning in my New York license plates for New Mexico ones. It is one more step in establishing residency here. I can no longer think of myself as a New Yorker who is visiting Santa Fe. I must confess that I’ve really enjoyed being the only New York car… Read more »
Why was I up at 4 am moving furniture? Why did I wake up with such a pressing inspiration? At the time, it made total sense. As the morning unfolded, I didn’t feel that urgency anymore. But, I am glad that I did it. I got to see the full moon illuminate the sky and… Read more »
As I give this dog thing some more thought, I ask myself what I am looking for. Besides the satisfaction of giving a dog a warm, loving home, I am drawn to the thought of coming home to a living being who is ecstatically happy to see me, whose needs are simple and clear, who… Read more »
“Enlightenment is a shift in self-identification from body to spirit identification,” says Marianne Williamson, author and spiritual teacher. She adds that if you only think of your body and your own drama and circumstances, it leads to thoughts of aging and limitations. You feel that your opportunities are diminished because you feel that you are… Read more »
I’m thinking of getting a dog. I’ve never had one, except for four months when the kids were young. I’m ready for unconditional love…for those little eyes staring at me innocently and with love, for walks and discovery together, for doggy parks and sharing stories with humans at the other end of the leash. My… Read more »
Gallery owner, Michelle Gaugy, introduced novel ideas in her lecture about the evolution of the artist; points that I have personally experienced. She said that a craftsman is invested in the finished product, the object, but an artist is not. The artist creates inspired, unexplained, purposeless art that has become “art for art’s sake”. This… Read more »
My son, daughter-in-law, and two toddler grandchildren came to visit me for a few days. I was so excited for them to come. I prepared food, books, bubbles, and researched museums and activities that were child-friendly. I moved all of my breakable sculptures to a high shelf and bought fruit so we could make apple-plum… Read more »
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of “Eat, Pray, Love”, was interviewed on Oprah yesterday. Authentic and forthright, she shared much of her learned wisdom. She has been open about her miserably failed first marriage. She couldn’t continue to live the life of marriage and motherhood that her mother and community had expected of her. Her broken and… Read more »