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Night before last my furnace stopped working. The repair person couldn’t come out until today so I was without heat over 24 hours. It is in the low thirties here in Seattle and I live in an old house with single paned windows so it’s been cold and drafty, to say the least. As I…

“with each true friendship, we build more firmly the foundation on which the peace of the whole world rests.” ~Mahatma Gandhi I have never known a truer friend or more benevolent soul than this man. I am truly blessed to call him my friend. Our friendship goes beyond the cellular level to the soulular level….

This picture was taken on August 23rd, the night of the New Moon. On that day I made an offering to the Earth of my daughter’s placenta. After storing it in my freezer for almost four years waiting for the “perfect moment” or the “perfect” place to bury it, I decided to just do it….

“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…

A little thingie I cut out from a magazine and put on a collage. I love this: “This isn’t just a course in art, it’s a course in living.” It reminds me that OUR LIVES ARE OUR WORKS OF ART. It’s my picture. I think I’ll get out my brush and paint some more broad,…

This is how you change when you go to the orchard where the heart opens: you become fragrance and the light that burning oil gives off, long strands of grieving hair, lion and at the same time, gazelle. You’re walking alone without feet, as riverwater does. The taste of a wine that is bitter and…