happiness, kindness, peacefulness, positivity, faith, love
My husband and I had a little date last night, just a quick dinner while the kids were with friends. “Let’s get sushi,” he said. Years ago, sushi was a matter of competition in which we saw which one of us could be the most adventurous in our selections. We no longer care about competing, … More Enjoying a Nameless Pleasure
Small Stones from the River is available as a free ebook from Tuesday, August 1, 2017 to Wednesday, August 2, 2017. LIKE DYLAN SAID: EVERYBODY MUST GET STONED. Don’t have a kindle? No worries. A kindle app is available for most smart devices and smart phones. You can still rock on with the small stones. … More FREE BOOK – A Global Free Kindle Download Event for SMALL STONES FROM THE RIVER (Tuesday 8/1/17 – Wednesday 8/2/17)
“Small Stones from the River” is a companion book: a collection of nearly 200 short ideas, meditations, and poems called “small stones” that gently unfold as you read them. Small Stones from the River is a new book published this month! There is a story behind many of the small stones, so I thought I … More “Behind the scenes tour” of “Small Stones from the River”: meeting loss with generosity
As autumn wanes and activities move indoors, we have time to reflect on our many blessings: family, friends, health, love, abundance, beauty, and kindness. Among my blessings, I count readers and others near and far with whom I have made a special connection — strangers who realize and share a parallel journey of soul work and healing. One … More An Expression of Gratitude (Quick Book Giveaway)
Moments appear suddenly, like shooting stars, magical and fleeting. I memorize the feeling, the light shared and now gone. Moments defy capture. They slip through the nettings of the mind. They leave a few tangible elements to be swept into a pile, words and photos, memories like an imprint on time. But when I burden myself … More Oh, what I miss when I live in my head
My interview with Mercedes Fox can be read HERE. I’m delighted to be included on her wonderful book site! Mercedes asked plenty of interesting questions, and I enjoyed talking with her about how my book Moon Full of Moons came to be, when and how I write, why I don’t believe in writer’s block, and … More “Meet the Author” interview with Mercedes Fox
This is where I am. Soft breeze brushing bare skin, a steady pull holding me to this spinning roundness, chirps and rustles, steam rising from my bowl, warmth of noodles, a distant, airless fire obscuring the infinite with blue-ceiling sky, and animals of clouds drifting on the riverwind. In this warm brightness of a day … More Alive
For those who need it: a beautiful, tattered, imperfect flower and a content bee who lacks nothing. For those who need it: memories of flying. For those who need it: a hand turkey. For those who need it: a nameless beauty. For those who need it: the underlying, reassuring order of things that cannot … More For those who need it…
I was first drawn to her twitter name: @WaterBaker. How interesting, I thought. When one bakes water, one ends up with nothing, yet when I read her words they were poetic and clever: definitely a beautiful something! I later discovered that Arushi Nayar was an amazing multi-talented artist, guitarist, and poet. Our exchanges of creativity … More The Great Art Swap: A Tale of Two Moons
