Earth Day Is Every Day
April 22, 2019
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Earth Day Is Every Day! It’s fine to have a special day to celebrate our one and only home, Planet Earth. It’s even more important
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Self Loathing: Feeling It, Healing It!
April 11, 2019
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What Is Self Loathing and How It Shows Up in Our Lives The experience of Self-loathing is the pits! Well do I know. ‘Self-loathing is
Living In The Middle
March 16, 2019
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What Does It Mean to Live in the Middle? What does it mean to be Living in the Middle? Quite a bit, actually. For
Keeping An Open Heart
February 14, 2019
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What Does It Mean to Keep an Open Heart? Keeping An Open Heart — What could be a more appropriate message for Valentine’s Day than
Our Words, Our Thoughts, Are Energy
January 31, 2019
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Among philosophers and physicists is a theory that the fundamental nature of reality is energy. On a more day-to-day level, this would mean that our words,
Reading Aloud Together
January 17, 2019
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Some time ago Mike and I started reading aloud together. Our lives and interests, as we’ve aged, had changed significantly and sufficiently that it seemed
What are we living: fear or hope?
December 6, 2018
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It’s coming or already here: Advent, the holidays, the COP 24 meetings, Solstice, Hanukkah… Life goes on, and our lives are unfolding, but how?
Try Forest Bathing!
November 20, 2018
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A dear friend suggested recently that I try Forest Bathing. (Thanks, Lora!) At that point I hadn’t heard anything about it, but loving trees
Today is it! What does this mean for us?
October 25, 2018
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Some years ago I wrote Dance! There’s No Tomorrow! I like the post – it’s all about Dance. Dancing brightens our lives, and I’m pleased to
Midnight Mind – Monkey Mind
October 23, 2018
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Midnight mind, monkey mind, is what I’m calling the tendency, often obsessive, to ruminate, to work it, turn it, trouble it, to try to untangle
Sometimes You Can’t Hardly Tell…
September 15, 2018
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Sometimes You Can’t Hardly Tell What to Least Expect the Most! I learned this phrase from my husband’s youngest brother. It’s a gem,eh? I love
Arts Education for Kids
September 9, 2018
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No doubt about it: Arts education for kids has manifold benefits. Yet in countless schools around the world, the arts are getting short shrift. It’s
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