Some of us have reached the age where our heroes are disappearing off the face of the Earth. We have to figure out how to navigate a world without Tina Turner, Gordon Lightfoot, Cormac McCarthy, Harry Belafonte … so many are gone. It’s part of growing up, like being kicked out of yet another nest. […]
I did something recently that scared the shit out of me, but ended up really, really good anyway. I don’t need to elaborate, much anyway, because really, it’s kind of a universal idea. I knew I needed to do a thing, figured out a way to make it happen, sewed an extra pocket into the
I’ve written about him before, plenty, because he’s just so gosh darn fascinating. I really can’t help myself. So first, let’s just establish here, that the original mentions of our 6th Century CE friend Merlin (from a book called Historia Brittonum, attributed to a monk called Nennius in the 7th Century CE), are all about
The Language of God A particularly dear friend had an insight for me in a recent deep and wide-ranging conversation. I’m used to it – every time we get together we tend to serve as sparks for each others’ thought processes. I wouldn’t trade that kind of kinship and understanding for all the anything in
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how my heart seems a little … disengaged. Oh, it hangs in there, it does the needful, cares for people, listens deeply, and once in a while sends me a message about some Coming Attractions, and yet … I have been feeling numb for … a while. Like
I am so thankful that I get to decide how I’m going to observe the holidays. So many people are at the mercy of family. “You have to come, it’s Thanksgiving/Christmas/birthday/whatever! How can you even think of not showing up for this?” Or litany of your choice, really. We are cajoled, bullied, guilt-tripped, emotionally blackmailed,
Oh, we want insight from The Universe, Great Truths and Fundamental Realities, don’t we? We want our fundamental realities to be complicated and big and meaty and secret – but they’re so not that. At all. The best truths are the simplest ones. Shit, even the physicists agree about that! I may have told you
No, I’m not saying felt is sentient (though I have seen some smart felt), nor am I saying that felting is a sensible thing to do (although it is pretty cool). Heartfelt thanks go out to my dear friend Lynn for putting these two words together in my ears. Felt. Sense. Felt sense. Here’s the
I suspected there was going to be a part 2 to the original post, but I needed a minute to get my head around it. Thanks Raech, for letting me “babble” while I thought it through! Last week, I asked if you were using any of the skills you may have paid good money to
So hey, all you lovely folks who have trained in this or that healing modality: Are you using those skills you paid to learn and worked so hard to master? If yes, great. Congratulations, you are a rare individual. If no, welcome to a very, very large club. Let’s talk about it a minute. I’ve been
