The day before closing on my house in NY, all kinds of issues came up. The buyers weren’t sure if the heat turned on fast enough and the creditor thought that there was a neighborhood association that placed restrictions on homeowners. Both are not true. My lawyer wasn’t sure if we were going to close… Read more »
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 »
“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 »
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 »
What I like about Santa Fe is that it is not adversarial. The pervasive attitude seems to be one of being helpful. In the three months that I have been here, I have heard a car horn twice, and one of those times was me warning a car that was about to back into mine… Read more »
Yesterday I had a healing session with a Master Qigong teacher. Master Liu began her training at the age of four by her grandfather, a Qigong Master and Chinese medical doctor who treated the last emperor of China. By age 14, Master Liu was given permission to teach and to perform healing techniques on others…. Read more »
Visiting with my 87-year-old mother was more healing than I had expected. I was excited to show her my new home and all of the things that I have come to love in Santa Fe. I was looking forward to having fun together, but in casual moments we both found healing and gifts that were… Read more »