Spring traditions keep me going through our fickle spring. We got ice cream when ice left the lake. Loons have called from the newly open lake on their brief layover before heading north. I’m back on my bike. I hardly recognized my neighbor’s toddler since he grew so much during Read more…
Today marks the beginning of the springtime celebration season for Wisdom Dances. It is St. Lazarus Day today, and on this day in Bulgaria girls are dancing through their communities to bestow blessings. This is one of many traditions from the region of the Balkans, Greece, and Anatolia that take Read more…
Something new is cooking. It’s a continuation of a guiding mission to kindle a vibrant connection to nature, our bodies, and the Mystery. The pursuit of this aliveness has shaped my spiritual journey. For a while I was simply leaving anything that felt dead – and I have left just Read more…
Do you know that nervous excitement of when you are about to take a big bold powerful step in your life? It happens for me when I’m about to make a big professional move, or change a significant relationship. That’s when I notice that I can start feeling everything all Read more…
Happy Lunar New Year! The emergence of the New Year takes time and I love to celebrate it in as many ways as I can. Another New Year is another occasion to wish you good health. Last week my daughter had an assignment to interview me for her Health class. Read more…
Happy New Year! The days are ever so slowly growing longer and we have a few months to incubate what will grow in the coming year. I savored the space to sleep in over the holidays and have many vibrant dreams helping me to focus my intentions for the year. Read more…
“The universe is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects.†– Thomas Berry I love this Thomas Berry quote. Berry called himself a “geologian†and was also a Roman Catholic priest. He worked within his own tradition to express how all beings are deeply connected to each other. Read more…
One of the most radical things you can do is feel satisfied with your life. However your body is, whatever you have accomplished, it is enough. This is true even if you are facing life threatening illness or working to stop climate change. There is always more to do. There Read more…
As my extended family makes holiday plans I’m reminded of how it can be such a frantic time of year. There are a lot of extra things that bring us both stress and joy in this coming season. In many ways it is a great antidote to how very dark Read more…
I wish you good health and inner equanimity as we pass the autumnal equinox. We are entering the season of increasing darkness and I am already buzzing with excitement for the fall and winter programming I am planning. (Look for an announcement of the full season line-up in the coming Read more…