For those of you who follow this blog, I’m sorry that I missed writing last week. I was traveling. Along with being busy and sometimes not having the opportunity to write, traveling opens me up to see things in a new way. It gets me out of my little world and reminds me that people… Read more »
My brain is on overdrive. Thoughts swirling around like random particles slamming into each other. How can one head house so much activity? I feel like I have been talking for two days straight. In rekindling old friendships people have opened up to me about living with cancer, facing a repressive marriage, dating, and dealing… Read more »
Yesterday I doubted many of my decisions. Did I choose the right real estate broker to represent my house? Did we pick the right price? Was this the best time to put it on the market? Did I remember to deduct everything on my tax return? Was my relationship with a new man really what… Read more »
Researcher and author, Dr. Brene Brown, wrote “The Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto” which lays the groundwork for successful parenting. Whether you have children or not, we are all children, and we know how the guidance of caring, conscious parents can encourage our development into adults who make healthy choices from a core belief of worthiness. Here… Read more »
My daughter was cleaning out her room to get ready for my move to Santa Fe. She had collected so much stuff! Her “maybe” pile from last month became today’s “give away” pile. The framed print of an ivy covered stoop in Italy went into the give away pile while her green, velvet ice skating… Read more »
I gave away my sculpture stand. I gave away anatomy books dotted with my fingerprints in clay, the pages so worn that they were no longer attached to the binding. I gave to my artist friend armature wire that supports a sculpture like its skeleton. She was thrilled to receive them. New to her; old… Read more »
Today I went to see my 96-year-old mother-in-law who is bedridden, barely able to move and living with Alzheimer’s. I went to say good-bye. I thought that this might be the last time that I saw her. I wanted closure and to know that for one last time I told her that I loved her… Read more »
It’s my last day in Santa Fe. I go home tomorrow to an icy driveway, broken pipe, and impending snowstorm. As the phone calls went from plumber to neighbor I was feeling more and more out of control. I remembered writing in my last blog about dancing in the face of uncertainty. It was so… Read more »
I am sitting in a coffee shop listening to soft sixties music waiting with everyone else for the snowstorm to end. Yes, it snows in Santa Fe, and the locals are grateful for the moisture. I am reflecting on my time here as the month of exploration is almost over. Within two weeks, I… Read more »
Tonight I have nothing to offer you. Not a story, not a quote, not a lesson…nada, zip, nothing, zilch. I could come up with something to write, but my heart is quiet and not into it. This quietness reminds me of the Taoist state called wuji. It is pure nothingness, before the contrast of light… Read more »