Ponder that. Roll it over in your mind. See if it works for you. May it bring you some ease.

Living in a grass-is-greener, anywhere-but-here, mode can particularly unsatisfying.

Here's a current favorite song--poignant, full of hope, with flowing rhymes and a simple, powerful message.

I want to tell you a story about my dad's final gift to me...

Three poems: two are about journeys, all three about the convolutions of hope.

A playful way to discharge negative feelings!

...the ocean of longing shifts through me, the blessed inner star of navigation moves in the dark sky above...

A pause allows body, soul and brain to assimilate the new...

True fairy-stories give “a fleeting glimpse of Joy, Joy beyond the walls of the world, poignant as grief.” JRR Tolkien

Think millefiori meets interplanetary/biologist/geologist/exquisitely talented glass artist!

It has been a day when the memory of a poem--a simple poem, almost a prayer-- elicits gratitude.

There is a sacredness in tears….They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues…

So enjoy, find some ease, be a little mischievous. Be loose. Be silly.

It seats me right in the middle of this insane and lovely life...

Inspiration from those who have who have gone before us, and survived some extremely difficult times.

Ease from “footies!” Plus life as a patient has deeply informed a physician’s practice. She has distilled this wisdom….

These practices can offer a little sense of relief from the stress of living in this crazy world. Most of them are conveniently portable.

As humans we seem to be attracted, even addicted at times, to the negative. This gave our ancestors a survival edge. The good news is…

It's too easy to get caught up in the negativity and anger that surrounds us these days. So today I share images of things fair and simple.

It gives me a sense of how vast I am in some ways, and how a ridiculously tiny at the same time.