LET’S START BY PRETENDING. WOULD THAT BE OK? Imagine you’re at home, at the end of the day. Kicking back. Comfortably settled in, remembering that life is good. Heck, maybe you don’t even have to imagine that. Maybe you’re there right now, in fact. So let’s keep going. You’re tucked away in your life, and … Continue reading »
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Meaning Mondays: The Less is More Edition
Did you ever hear the story about National Geographic photographer Jim Brandenburg? Back in the fall of 1994, he got tired of the grind. The endless treadmill. The pressure to produce more. So what did he do? He hightailed it back home, to the Boundary Waters area of Northern Minnesota. In that wild and beautiful … Continue reading »
The Art of Friendship
PHONE RINGS, DOOR CHIMES, IN COMES COMPANY! Her name was Debbie. What was I, 11? Maybe 12, when I met her? Yes, that sounds about right. Her older brother was friends with my older brother, and they introduced us. And I remember that I went from not knowing Debbie to knowing Debbie in an instant. … Continue reading »
Meaning Mondays: Life As A Quilt Edition
Life is like a vast ocean, full of deep mysteries. Life is like a roller coaster, with many ups and downs. Life is like a path through the forest, and you never know where it will take you. LIFE IS LIKE A QUILT Of all the many metaphors for life, one of the most enduring, … Continue reading »
What Did You Love As a Child?
So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us. ~Gaston Bachelard WHAT DID YOU LOVE TO DO AS A CHILD? I loved to climb the big mulberry tree in the front yard I loved to steer a wagon down a steep hill I loved to do magic tricks I loved … Continue reading »
Meaning Mondays: The Stuck in the Mud Edition
ME. DRIVING. IN A RAINSTORM. As I’m just about to make the final turn up the hill to my little getaway place, I see my neighbor’s truck starting down the road. Did I mention it’s a one lane road? And it’s raining? Both my vehicle and brain go into overdrive: What am I supposed to … Continue reading »
Many Lives to Live
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER LIVES OUT THERE. I first heard this sentiment on a television show, spoken by a woman who had reinvented herself at midlife. She’d left behind a life that no longer suited her, and created one filled with zest and enthusiasm. Always on the trail of such stories of personal … Continue reading »
Meaning Mondays: The Letting Go of Love Edition
We need in love to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily–we do not need to learn it. ~Rainer Maria Rilke Two weeks into spring, and the clearing out/cleaning up energy is in full force, breezing through both my inner and outer houses. It arrives like a strong wind behind … Continue reading »
