Laughing at the Word Two Only That Illumined One Who keeps Seducing the formless into form Had the charm to win my Heart. Only a Perfect One Who is always Laughing at the word Two Can make you know Of Love. This poem is by Hafiz as translated by Daniel Ladinksy in The Gift

“In the Studio” So how does one redefine a life? I’ve been a stay-at-home mom for 10 years after a (too) long stay in the institution that is corporate america. In the past 10 years, I have gone to school for Expressive Arts Therapy, become a certified Kindermusik instructor, had my own preschool/creativity studio for…

“When I hear somebody sigh, “Life is hard,” I am always tempted to ask, “Compared to what?”” -Sydney J. Harris I love that. My lover recently said that since he met me, nothing is in his “too hard box”. I love that too. Let’s all find ways to just take everyfuckingthing out of our “too…

I like to walk the edge. I like to F E E L alive and edge-walking makes life all that much more delicious. Except… I am tired of flirting with risk in the relationship department. That which feels risky and uncertain is just that. Not fulfilling, not energizing, not life-affirming… Just broken. (who wants to…

I just LOVE this quote! “When you complain all you do is broadcast, ‘There’s a victim in the neighborhood!’.” -Maya Angelou Or, as my wonderful friend Trina says in her Sushi Song, “Quit Yer Bitchin’” 🙂 (This is directed at ME, by the way, not YOU. I put this here as a reminder to myself…

Another bit unearthed in the old journal today. I’m not sure who I was writing this to. There’s no date and I don’t remember. Maybe I was writing it to my future self. Maybe I was writing it to the Universal Collective. I am putting it here for YOU. Whomever reads this, it applies to…