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
For the love of a woman, or a girl
For the love of a woman, or a girl I remember sitting in a conference hosted by Mark Gungar, who is a pastor/comedian/speaker whose main focus is talking about men’s brains and women’s brains and how we interact because of our wiring. He’s hilarious and mostly on point with his messages. I also remember sitting in this particular conference
Life at 3 miles per hour
I watch him as he sits at the kitchen counter watching woodturning videos on his phone. He is oblivious to the fact that I am staring at him… wondering what he thinks he is doing just sitting there. My mind races to all of the things he could be doing instead… in my frustration I can hear my heartbeat like
A shift of perspective – the lies our minds tell us as habit
A shift of perspective – the lies our minds tell us as habit It smacked me midday, sitting in my office, doing this… writing. Writing typically takes me to an inner happy place that lets the rest of my wandering mind have fun and consider lots of things, come to ah-ha’s, etc. (what? Not everyone has multiple awareness of