Prayer

Prayer   Life. It’s been a bit much in some ways as of late. I find myself fighting for control, something, anything I can do to MAKE things better. I stop for a breath of awareness and recognize the literal pain of pretending there is anything at all that I can do, is causing me.  I know what my Spirit

Spring wedding

I was in the midst of my spring post sapping season ritual of going out to the trees with a blend of sacred herbs, mixed with my absolute favorite herb in the world, coffee. A little sprinkle for each tree that gifted us this season, along with the woods in general as I believe it is with great support that

A change in seasons

I just came in from the woods. It is cold (relative to humidity which is making it feel colder), rainy and a breezy, not the most comfortable of days weather wise. My reason for being in the woods (yes, we all know I do NOT really NEED a reason to be in the woods, but today I actually have one)

Reciprocity

It is the most wonderful time of the year! For many of you, you may be wondering how I completely missed Christmas, but I am not talking about Christmas. I am talking about maple sapping season!! Every year we go to the woods, drill, hammer, taps, hose and buckets in hand, waiting to see what we will get from Santa…ah,

Chasing what I want, while I walk past it

I was recently in Duluth, staying at a client’s home, which is a pure gift to me. While there she passed on a book for me to read, a series of essays by Brian Doyle called “One Long River of Song.” It is life-changingly beautiful; profound, poetic, deep and so thought provoking. His words make me want to stop…just stop

Clearing out the goo

He took my hand and he led me to the edge of a swamp. As we approached, I saw the beauty of the lush and green of the cattails on one end, and in the center a small pool of blue faded into the muck, and the marl of a pretty typical swamp.    When we got to the edge

New ways to see the world

New ways to see the world   I walked up to the Convenience store in the airport and had to scan my credit card just to walk in… that’s weird. All I wanted was a bottle of water for the flight. I picked up my items and approached the person standing by the reader where I entered. “Just walk out,”

A change of vibrational tide

It’s coming and we can feel it. The tide of energy around us is changing. We are waking from that slumber of winter and the umbrella of 2024 energies that have kept us in a space of slow contemplation and gaining of clarity.    For some this is a time of having the proverbial basket dumped upside down and having

In the sanctuary of others

In the sanctuary of others    I am an introvert. To some of you that will be shocking, to others not so much. I am fine by myself; being home, traveling, going out to dinner, etc. I love my people but I don’t NEED them to have something to do. I don’t “need someone to go with” when I want

Living the song of your Spirit

As our Minnesota winter has been very spring-like it is actually hard to believe I still have to wait so long for garden season. Each year my unofficial first sign of spring is the Acme tomato catalog showing up in my mailbox. Last week, it happened. As I opened the mailbox the intense orange of the paper almost jumped into