A time of Thanks

Cheers to another wonderful year. As we step into this time of Thanks, there is much that comes to mind.    It is easy to be thankful for the apparent good things: I am thankful for our first batch of chickens I am thankful my Son is back on US soil I am thankful Clarence’s son is back living in

What are we afraid of? An ode to feelings.

He started this endeavor when he brought them home by saying, “now Anne, you can’t fall in love with them. You know why we’re raising these.” And there they were, 25 little fluffy yellow chicks peeping around a tiny little swimming pool in our garage.  I heard what he was saying. As well as this man knows me, I stopped

A year of relationship stages

A year of relationship stages “This makes everything in my life make sense.” It was a comment made during one of our LampLighter mid-month check ins. A new member was participating in a conversation in which we discussed a core theme of 2024 – relationship. The entire year in regards to relationships has been about receiving clarity. The phrase that

A time of Re-Attunement

I don’t think it is lost on anyone reading this that the entire year has been a, well… let’s say… adjustment.    I am constantly sitting with people on the border, or in full tilt overwhelm, with all of the goings on of our world, and their individual lives.    Many people have experienced incredible changes this year. Everything from

Making dreams come true

They have been through a lot honestly. A sudden loss turned their entire life upside down, and in the midst of it, they were losing connection to one another. It was totally fair; everyone was scrambling, more demands coming from far more people and directions taking them further away from each other way more often then even before. Their lives

Why Would You Ever Want to Leave? Women Following Their Greatness

“People keep telling me “It’s a really good job, You make good money, why would you ever want to leave that?” She said it, and my stomach turned. This was the second time in two days I had some wonderful brilliant woman tell me how people were shaming her for wanting more from her career than the status quo. In

Clearing by the River

On a Misty gray Saturday morning, I found myself in my typical place of solace, on a dirt trail strolling through the woods, near water. Surrounded by cedar, dried and falling from its tree, as it does at this time of the year, the trees lead us in knowing how to let go, to release, and to purge. At a

2021 In the Rear View Mirror

It’s been another crazy year, for sure. Remember in March of 2020 when the world shut down and we never thought we’d survive it?  Well, we did. And then some. The year 2021 has proven to have its own challenges beyond the pandemic; shut downs turned to employee shortages, more companies learned to pivot, supply chain issues, and more people

The Stuff of Stuff – A Time to Declutter

Are you feeling it? Every time I walk into a room lately, I am immediately drawn to what I can get rid of.  The book I was meaning to read and am sick of seeing next to my bed table, the top that looked so cute on the mannequin but I have no place that I ever wear sequined anything