surrender

On my birthday in April, I made a list of “39 things to do in my 39th year”. Here it is: Buy my own house with my own money. Travel to Paris. Sell some of my art. Take a photography class. Love my body. (I decided to leave this one open-ended – heh) Take a…

My friend, Betsy, sent me this song today and I found it very uplifting. I can relate to this except for me, it’s no shoes. When I go barefoot and let the energy of the Earth come up into me, I am transformed. I’m doing it as much as I can and only wear shoes…

“Somehow there’s no more darkness left at all. I’ve soaked up sunlight through a thousand wounds, and now this whiteness that I cloak you in you won’t find even in the Alps: this wind whirls also there on high and stains the snow. Even white roses bear a hint of dust. The ultimate miracle is…

Plum Blossoms in Sepia I remember looking at the plum tree outside my window last fall at the tangle of moss-covered, leafless branches and marvelling that something that looked so dead would ever bear fruit again. I wrote this haiku to capture the moment: filled with promise plum branches rest in autumn darkness We all…

“First of all, I want to make one thing quite clear; I never explain anything.“ -Mary Poppins May we all release our need to explain ourselves and to request explanations from others. May we ALLOW life and love to flow freely.