a slow journey

Nearly every morning I sit with the sun. I watch it as it brings light to the space where I reside. I am not unaware that it has already...

What if? The question of the imagination. I've had people in my life tell me they don't have an imagination. However, I think if a person...

Look. Gaze. Really, for an entire minute. Or more. Now closer. What do you see? Here is what has been creating itself inside of me in...

I have an office space that I share with therapists (they're great - so if you're looking for one and local, let me know) and every other...

I honestly don't remember the first time I walked the stations of the cross. I know it was probably only a few years ago, but I don't...

I've been thinking a lot about how I was (am still being) formed to the person I am today. How did I get to this exact moment. And the...

I took this photo with black and white film (yes that kind you had to take to the store or send away and have it developed) in the...

Does it ever happen to you that you see a word, a phrase, anything really, come up over and over within a week or even just a few days? I...

Sometimes I like things slow. Okay, I like things slow almost all of the time. (You can read about why that is here.) And sometimes I...

"I live a slow life" I said to someone the other day. I didn't say it as an excuse or as pride - just a fact. But I wasn't always this...

Grapefruit - some might consider it the black sheep of the citrus world. Growing up I wanted to like it, it smelled so lovely, but the...

Years ago I began noticing a word or a theme that would repeatedly make an appearance throughout the year. Then at some point, I heard a...

I come from a lush land where things grow in the ground, sometimes even without watering them. I come from a place with four distinct,...

Today is Palm Sunday. The Sunday before Easter. For some that means nothing. For others it brings memories of children dancing and...

"You have to be present with the light" she said. And in that instant I smiled and I knew I was in good company. A few months ago I...

Different kinds of plants, different kinds of animals One kind of human, in the image of the Divine. The Divine face is indeterminable...

There are secrets held inside Secrets not mine to tell And yet contain heaviness Swirling tentacles in the gut Taking up residence in a...

Do you like writing out goals each year? Do you have a 3 year, 5 year or even 10 year plan for your life? Well, then let me tell you......

I live for the smell of pine trees. Here in Arizona, the Ponderosa Pines have a particularly lovely aroma. They smell not just like pine,...

This dog. I blame him on my mother. She sent an enormous bag of beads to my daughter that needed a case, so of course we made our way to...