Come to my hut – The crickets will Serenade you, and I will Introduce you to the moonlit woods. ~ Taigu Ryokan (1758-1831) It’s Day 27 of my Thirty Days of Thanksgiving practice, and I admit I am a little groggy. Lady Moon, who is quite nearly full, kept waking me up all night! I … Read more
Her skin seemed to grow a million extra pores, and all of them opened to take in the warmth and tenderness of the air. The sun on her face made her want to cry. Into all those millions of open pores came the sunshine, and other feelings as well. In and out. She was porous. … Read more
Tonight, we begin the annual Solstice Sun-Wheel Prayer! And so, on Day 25 of my month of Thanksgivings, I am overflowing with gratitude to all who have participated in the past, and who are planning to join us this year! Inspired originally by Beltane Papers founder, the late Helen Farias, and the wonderful Waverly FitzGerald, I have found … Read more
One of my favorite parts of my spiritual practice is the creating of shrines and altars. It marries my inner Martha Stewart with my Priestess self in creative, soul-nurturing ways. When I was younger, the idea of having a home altar in our Episcopalian house would have been shocking and faintly sacrilegious. But non-Protestants the … Read more
This Turning, as I experience it, is like what poet Robinson Jeffers called “falling in love outward.” Our mission is not to escape from our world, or tune it out, or fix things by remote control, but to fall in love with our world. ~ Joanna Macy It is supposedly Black Friday, and we … Read more
Today, I give thanks for YOU! To each and every one of you that comes to visit my blog, from the occasional drop-ins to the daily faithful, I want you to know how grateful I am that you have found my little place in cyberspace. In the crazy overload of people and information vying for … Read more
What you love, loves you. What you want, wants you. The soul of your business is invested in you and in the success of your business. It has its own reasons for being, its own allies, its own ecology which shapes its unfolding story. ~ Hiro Boga As many of you who have studied … Read more
I love cats because I love my home and after a while they become its visible soul. ~ Jean Cocteau I am late posting, because we had a visit to the vet today with our sweetie Sierra. It looks like we are going to begin treating her for lymphoma. That’s the bad news. But the … Read more
Travelers, there is no path; paths are made by walking. ~ Antonio Machado I am grateful today that, after many years of hovering on the edges, dodging, denying, hemming, hawing, and arguing over semantics, I am at peace with knowing I am psychic. I have been conflicted for years about it because that word is so … Read more