A Northern Flicker flying away from the watering h…

Ahhhh….it was SUCH a beautiful day today! My oldest daughter stayed home from school today to have a Mommy day so we hung out much of the day then went to Carkeek Park in the afternoon. The sun filtered through the trees and made the ferns in the forest seem to glow as we hiked…

Ice cream cheeks and sandy toes. She knows how to live life fully and lives in the present moment. She owns her power and loves freely. She is an exquisite Divine creation. May we all remember to keep the toddler in us alive. 

“I feel like I should be doing something momentous with my life, ” she said. I replied that she had been raising her baby for 10 years. She said she wanted to find something more important to do. I said, “In the meantime, enjoy the setting sun and the smell of your daughter’s hair.” It…

Tonight, I went to a screening of Quick Brown Fox at the Henry Art Museum.  It is a very touching film done by a brave woman, Ann Hedreen of White Noise Productions.  It is an account, in the first person, of a woman whose mother is dying of Alzheimer’s Disease.  During the Q&A, I asked…

“You risk tears if you let yourself be tamed.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“the light danced in the darkness” Some random thoughts from my journal on 7/17/07: The ego scrambles The Spirit saunters (and soars!) The ego contracts The Spirit expands The ego schemes The Spirit trusts The ego exists The Spirit creates The ego copes The Spirit thrives The ego questions The Spirit trusts The ego fears…