Coastal Contemplation

Recently on vacation to the NW coast, I spent a considerable amount of time discovering fun facts about the history of Irish settlers in the area, the redwoods, sea lions, osprey, hawks, owls, urchin, and the beloved whales.  I’ve come to…

Writing: A Daily Practice

I’ve recently undertaken the task of organizing over 30 years of poems, posts, blogs, published pieces, even segments of my capstone and prematurely crafted dissertation. I can’t help wonder how many pieces were tossed, buried, burned. This project has proved…

Spidey Sense

One of my most meaningful and consistent teachers is the Black Widow. I've written about spider medicine a few times, and I continue to explore its presence in my life as a natural unfolding of my inner connectedness to the…

Beauty From Battle

This handsome brass vase is stationed on a table in my office, filled with dried and naturally dyed corn husk flowers.  A seemingly subtle artifact at first glance but grows with meaning and depth as its true symbolism emerges in…

The Power Of Imagination

How often do you go down rabbit holes of worst-case scenario thinking?  A spiral of one terrible situation after another.  How often do you replay conversations over and over trying to analyze or makes sense of conflict?  How often do…

Desert Garden Teachers

Reflections from the Garden and a big common themes seen in the Healing Nest this week: The sharp points at the tip of an agave are a warning sign, just as the tangled debri-filled chaos of a strong-as-steel web. Both…