Red for Photo Friday

I am holding my heart very tenderly while the shadow and light dance all around it. I turn 40 in a couple of weeks, I’m in the middle of a divorce and I’m still working to get my career squarely off the ground while wading through all of this transition. A little over a year…

“Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, ‘Grow, grow.’” – Talmud These are words to live by. I honor my many angels that help me grow and I endeavor to be that angel for the entities that cross my path in life whether they are people, plants, animals or…

My angels are busy sending me messages today. I’ts a rainy, Seattle day and we’re warm and cozy inside. I made a big bowl of popcorn and snuggled up on the couch to watch Blue’s Clues with my three year-old. On the show, they are having to wait until 2:00 for the “big surprise”. Steve…

“Learn to say, ‘Fuck You’ to the world once in a while. You have every right to. Just stop thinking, worrying, looking over your shoulder, wondering, doubting, fearing, hurting, hoping for some easy way out, struggling, gasping, confusing, itching, scratching, mumbling, bumbling, grumbling, humbling, stumbling, rumbling, rambling, gambling, tumbling, scumbling, scrambling, hitching, hatching, bitching, moaning,…

“This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.” -Rumi

One of my favorite children’s books is “Scarecrow” by Cynthia Rylant which speaks of the peace of the scarecrow’s life in poetic prose. The story is an allegory for the impermanence of human existence. Every time I read it to my children, I am struck by these lines: “He knows he isn’t real. A scarecrow…