The Guesthouse by Rumi
Thankfully my throat let me get some sleep last night, but I’m not 100-percent and never quite found the energy to pick […]
Soon You Too Will Be Silent
My throat began hurting last night, and I didn’t get much sleep, but the dark hours gave me the perfect opportunity to […]
Diary or Journal: Depends Upon Who You Ask
Well, at least for a little while, Roy Barrette, in A Countryman’s Journal, has me determined to keep a daily diary, which, […]
Ten Years or Ten Minutes?
I got out of bed earlier than I normally do and was taken by the morning light in the kitchen and family […]
Books and Breathing
I have been dusting bookcases, which means going shelf by shelf: taking each book off in turn, dusting it, trying to part […]
The Weather is Turning
Yesterday, my husband, kids, and I enjoyed a just-starting-to-get-cool hike with my daughter-in-law and grandson. I wore a blue hoodie over my […]
How Do You Get Home?
Years ago, I thought I was finished with a minimalistic painting of a simple, black cabin. It turns out, I was wrong, […]
Morning Sketches
Trying something new today, I pulled out a sketchbook and made some marks in relation to each book I read this morning. […]
Mindfulness is Paying Attention
I didn’t mean to be reading two books of poetry by Jane Hirshfield, but when I came across her latest at a […]