Day 4 of 21 – Vitality #DisruptTheGap What affects your energy? Is it possible to make a shift? If you judge yourself harshly, and talk negatively to yourself, would you kindly stop for a week to see what happens? It’s been time for me to start the 21 day “Clean”…
This first Saturday of 21 days in #DisruptTheGap revealed time. Minutes and hours pass so rapidly. Do you experience time passing more rapidly? True confession: I lose track of time, and I don’t accurately calculate how long something will take me. I often become completely absorbed in what I’m doing,…
Day 2 of 21 Locked gate, Mo’omomi cove It wasn’t, really. I could not figure out how to open it (nor could my photo workshop companion, Paul). We pried, tried, used a rock to tap it, finally concluded it was corroded from the salt air and there must be another entry…
It’s said that it takes 21 days to make a habit – you’ve heard this, right? In 21 days I’ll be visiting an island I love, on my way to a writer’s conference. I’m making a leap. There are areas in my life where I desire shift and change –…
Day 34, Week 5: Gathering Fruit of Concern for the World from Your Spiritual Garden: Tending to the Presence of God If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of…
“Emerson, I am trying to live, as you said we must, the examined life. But there are days I wish there was less in my head to examine, not to speak of the busy heart.” –Mary Oliver, Red Bird Friday, February 23, 2018, I sat in circle with 50 people…
Fifteen or so of us were instructed our “fancy camera” knob setting must turn to manual “M” mode, and if we really wanted to learn, we could never again operate in auto mode. An eight-hour photo workshop in Kenai, Alaska, was beginning, and I was ready to tackle the Canon…
O garden-dweller, my friends are listening for your voice, let me hear it! – Song of Solomon 8:13 In the midst of my “In the Clearing” garage project, I’m encountering gems. One surprise – a case of the second book I wrote, Your Spiritual Garden: Tending to the Presence of…
Do you know how to fracture the cycle of abuse? It starts when we break the silence. Abusers keep secrets, are controlling, and manipulate our perceptions and reality. They don’t often begin that way at the start of a relationship, or we’d likely recognize it and run. Or confront with…
On a Saturday, I unexpectedly became a part of a miracle. At an Alaskan women’s summit workshop, I learned we would be of service to two young women, and split into teams. Saint Vincent de Paul, a Catholic priest who lived in France in the late 1800s, came to mind. He believed in the reciprocity that can occur…