heartwake

I recently read heartbreak defined as ‘the natural result of opening our hearts to people and things over which we have no control.’ In January I spent a week in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, at a beautiful resort where a dear friend invited me to celebrate my...

epiphany

This is my mother’s drawing, titled “Epiphany.” She drew it one year when she wasn’t able to find a suitable card depicting the Three Kings which, in her words, allowed her the full 12 days after Christmas to complete holiday cards and gifts....

solstice prayer

While gazing at this breathtaking moon, I thought on the countless precious souls for whom the moon and sun have ceased to shine; hidden behind smoke filled skies and bombed out ruins, obscured by grief. They belong to us and we, to them. May our solstice prayers call...

life 360

I always seem to be the last to know about the latest life-sucking techno advances. In the last week two different people, both of whom I respect, have told me they track their children and/or spouses with their phones. I find this to be an appallingly dark treatise...

have a cup of tea…

I come from a strong lineage of women gardeners, animal advocates, food alchemists, and spiritual naturalists. So grateful for their wisdom which continues to echo across the veil, especially at this time of year. On this, the 12th year anniversary of Ma’s...