Posts tagged "joy"

SNOW!!

It was a lovely way to bring in the new year:  on January 1 I flew to Europe to spend time with family… first stopping in Bavaria to visit my former husband and good friend Wolf and his wife Angelka, who had her birthday the day after I arrived.  Wolf prepared a yummy risotto with...

Make a Joyful Noise!

Just recently we had our annual Christmas Choir Concert.  An inspiring feature this year was singing the Gloria, from Schubert’s Mass in A Flat.  Do go listen to at least the first few minutes.  The message is rich and timeless:  “Glory to God, and on Earth, Peace and Good Will to All.” Whether you honor G(g)od,...

Mining our Memorable Moments

Magical Egypt!  This is the name of the album I am creating, using an electronic ‘Mixbook.’  That’s a first, and a memorable moment for me! As I paste in the pictures, and word the text, reviewing my recent Symbolist Egypt trip, many memorable moments come to mind. The one pictured here was after our final...

New Beginnings

How can we maximize the memorable moments in our lives?  How can we live fully, with grace and grit and gratitude?  For two years I have had a blog to share these and other themes related to my book Becoming: Journeying Toward Authenticity.  And now it’s time for a change: a new look, expanded format and...

Joy and celebration are life-giving. Shall We Dance?

Not long ago I heard a CBC program that focussed on the importance of celebrations — music, dance, both alone and together. My heart smiled! Ecstatic dancing has actually been a way communities have helped their members out of depression — dark periods of withdrawal, melancholy. Several of the essays in BECOMING explore metaphors for...