Category: Nature

Published on July 03, 2023

Tasting Green

Earlier this year, I decided I wanted to get away for a month, a real sabbatical. To leave Los Angeles with its traffic and noise and a pattern of living so ingrained. At first, there […]

Moments of Mindfulness
Nature
creek with green shrubs

Published on March 11, 2021

Capturing the Rain

As of this morning, March 11, we’ve had a scattering few days of rain here in Southern California.  I check the weather forecast regularly starting in November, which is supposed to be the beginning of our […]

Garden Journal
Nature

Published on March 10, 2021

I Can’t Fail

They say that each project we undertake has an energy, a soul of its own.  A bit like marriage.  There is me, there is you, and there is Us.   As I start on this journey, this new […]

Creativity
Garden Journal
Moments of Mindfulness
Nature

Published on March 29, 2020

I Choose

Snapshot – 3/28/2020 What if I allowed myself to just BE?  To let go of all the doing, the grocery store runs, the incessant hand washing, the frantically checking of the numbers, growing, faster and faster.  Click. […]

Nature
Snapshots

Published on August 10, 2018

Mountain Man Whispers

That’s how I remember him best, my mountain man husband, wearing that felt hat, his hiking boots and that great big grin on his face. He was in his element outdoors, marching across the terrain, […]

Grief
Nature
Transformation

Published on June 28, 2018

The ‘Wail’ Song

Was it climbing up Flattop Mountain in Alaska, what was supposed to have been our mountain to climb, that sent me over the edge?  Was it leaving his ashes in a crevice at the top, as […]

Grief
Nature
Transformation

Published on February 15, 2018

Alaska – A Place to be Reborn

Alaska. The name rises up like a word of power, a word of promise. Pristine, clean, home of the Aurora Borealis.  It has called my name, a siren song to my heart, for years.  I […]

Grief
Nature

Published on March 21, 2014

Wanted: Women who believe in magic, mystery and miracles

Wanted: women who believe in magic, mystery and miracles. I am calling in beautiful, vibrant women who believe that magic is all around us – powerful, exquisite magic.  How else to explain the acorn that […]

Creativity
Musings
Nature

Published on July 09, 2013

Summer Workout on the Beach (Cardio with a Twist)

I just invented a new workout program.   It is especially great during the summer, when the days are hot and you are down by the water anyways.  It provides a beautiful setting, good cardio, and […]

Musings
Nature

Published on June 27, 2013

Turtle on a Rock (or ) Who Needs Multi-Tasking?!

I am questioning when it became such a great skill to be able to multi-task.  Maybe it is my age showing.  Or maybe it’s just plain scary to watch a bike rider texting on their […]

Musings
Nature