Recipe for Enlivenment:
To every day add
- A little listening
- A pinch of play
- Stir kindly with words
Listen
One Sweet Fatherly Gesture
His large, square, freckled hands almost deftly opened the small “Brownie Bites” wrapper. I had got it started for him, worried that my 88-year-old father couldn’t manage the strength needed to get the initial tear going. I watched as he pulled apart the opening at...
Love “Is” Selflessness
A poem fairly flew out of me the night after our recent silent retreat. It was a retreat where we were deeply investigating the nature of self and other. Click here to read it on the Medium publication, "Scribe"
How Undiagnosed Mold Toxicity Caused My Husband’s Mental Illness
What we learned about the prevalence of mold and how to recover from the toxicity--a step-by-step guide Click here to read in Invisible Illness, a Medium publication After unexplained episodes of brain fog, anxiety, depression, and stomach pain, a lab test finally...
Play
Write
Presence and Connection Through Naked Writing
What excites me more than anything is what I like to call “juicy practices for getting present.” By this, I mean practices that arouse my curiosity, teach me to accept myself and the world as I find it and encourage me to experience moments of delight available right...
I Carry My Curiosity With Me
I carry my curiosity with me It looks like a journal and pen Out here in the desert, I wonder, as I walk alongside Joshua Trees and scattered boulders What thoughts will arise? What themes will present themselves? What gentle pondering wants to be gently pondered? I...
Celebrating 500 Miles–Walking Through Grief Alone
Pandemic reflections — watching resilience flourish and compassion take action About a year ago we all became aware that the pandemic was real and would affect us in ways none of us could have imagined. Little did we know, the year would be a pilgrimage into the...
