Category: Writing

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection. ~Anias Nin Living in today’s environment is not easy. Many voices clamor to make sense of this moment in history. Amidst all the clatter, I experience myself being…

 Happy Valentine’s Day Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. ~Maya Angelou Recently this book came as a recommendation from the author of one of my favorite books. I’m…

This series of posts shows my evolution as a person of spirit and sheds light on the perspectives that guide me. I count myself as very fortunate to have met, trained with, or been exposed to some extraordinary people who…

This was written before the events of November 5. I hope you are practicing self-care. I practice through reading spiritual leaders with wisdom beyond my own and through contemplative writing … a form of prayer for me. Voice finds its…

After awakening this morning at 3:30 to go to the bathroom, my hip (strained a muscle doing yard work) was hurting and I couldn’t go back to sleep. And so, I turned on the heating pad and the TV to…

At the end of my last blog post, I mentioned that in the midst of writing about my isolation, an extra-mile friend called and asked to pay me a visit that had been meaningful to both of us. It was…

I’ve never felt a pain that didn’t bear a blessing. ~Gene Knudson Hoffman Pandemic Grief I found myself among many who experienced disturbing depressive symptoms of pandemic grief. The loss of contact with people with whom I’d met regularly in…

How Contemplative Writing is a spiritual practice for me and how sharing my writing with you is a calling.

A love story gone awry with an intriguing twist and a creative resolution.

An Essential Spiritual Quality Roselin sent our Archeologists of the Spirit group a handout in preparation for our July 7 meeting. It included an excerpt from Caroline Myss’s book, Entering the Castle, based on  Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle. Myss…