As one year becomes another, I think about new beginnings. It’s odd, the feelings we have about one year ending and the other beginning, isn’t it? It’s that joyful/sad emotion— melancholy mixed with hope—it pulls at us. The New Year is a kind of permission for all of us to let go of any and … Continue reading
Hello my friends! It’s been awhile since I’ve written anything. Not just posts, anything. I feel rusty but I’ll get back into it, find my stride again. I’ve missed you, missed writing, missed a stable place to just be. I sit out here on my new patio with a couple of giant ferns slightly swaying, … Continue reading
I sit here on a small patio writing with the constant noise of traffic below. I’m in a much smaller place than I was three months ago as I prepare to make a move. By the time the dust settles, we will have moved four times in less than four months. This one involves leaving … Continue reading
Well, it’s here again — this week — Spring. The time of year most of us look to with a sense of relief, welcome, gratitude. Although the temps aren’t very spring-like where I am yet, I can sense a change, a difference — in the air. The approaching Spring equinox when “days and nights are … Continue reading
It’s New Year’s Eve, the day before another year begins. We’ll all be another year older; after a certain age, you really don’t put much stock in those kind of things. You just get that every day is a day for new beginnings. Life is sweet, precious and fleeting and putting things off until tomorrow, … Continue reading