
Happy Spring 2016!! As the China berries fall to the ground it opens up a space for delicate purple buds to adorn the brittle branches while green canopies shade the yard inviting long sits and sacred hammock time, my yard and its treasures a temple in which I come to find kinship, communion and empathy […]

Nature is my soul medicine and now that I have been able to get out of bed these last two months I am loving, more than ever, being in my garden, on mountain tops, under trees and wading along cold creeks. I have had a lot of interesting commentary regarding my diagnosis of cancer. Some […]
I woke early this morning with the rise of the sun and found my contemplative throne in the heart of my garden. I was surrounded by the nights lingering chill and the early call of the songbird’s elated chatter. I was mesmerized by the refreshing light cast from the power of the great sun, and […]
I have always been quite enamored with the moon and its subtle changes. Since I was little I would wonder if the phases of the moon held a different story or meaning for different people, including myself. When the light of the moon cast itself upon the horizon, I would swirl and twirl and dance […]
How often do you preface your statements with, “I really should”, or “I shouldn’t”? Well, if you are like me, it’s often enough that it has become an annoying habit. I have been vigilantly observing my language and choice of semantics in my self-study and I realized that ‘should’ is a distasteful word that doesn’t […]