It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted anything here, but I’ve been exploring the poetry of self-compassion. In my last post, I wrote about feeling overwhelmed and breathless. …
Spreading myself too thin–I’ve done it again!
Aargh–I’m spreading myself too thin again. And I promised myself I wouldn’t let it happen. So it’s time to pause and reassess. I have to earn my living, but I’ve …
Green is the new brown (or vice versa)
The earth is turning green all around me. I started April with high hopes for doing at least a little bit of poetry writing every day. Well, so far, it’s …
Our breath–our connection to the earth
I think about breath often–but this week I’ve been thinking of it in a slightly different way. Welcome to my first post for National Poetry Month. If you’d like to …
Big snow is coming–will it bring magic?
A big snow is coming to Northern Colorado–arriving in the wee hours of Saturday morning. They predict 12-24 inches, maybe more here in Fort Collins. Even though we don’t have …
The cat burglar who stole into my home and heart
Meet the cat burglar and the other neighborhood kitties A funny thing happened yesterday–a cat burglar, at least that’s what I call her. Her name is Hershey–a sweet and pushy …
Returning to the source–and other longings
In my morning meditation, I found myself thinking about rivers, nourishment, and returning to the source. What I saw about myself is that although I long to drink from the …
Snow belongs in the mountains and bare trees
Snow belongs here–which is part of the reason I moved to Colorado. I love snow–here. We got several inches of beautiful snow this week. As I look at the mountains, …
The queen and the monk–a tale of two daughters
Pre-natal dreams of a queen and a monk–many years later Before my younger daughter Gabi’s birth, I dreamt she was a Tibetan monk reincarnating in my family. I worried about …
Pie Face–a trip down memory lane
Today I took a trip down memory lane. I wrote a post for Soul Blossom Kids about body geography. (Which is knowing where your different body parts are, basically). But …