Dylan
A few months ago, when the acceptances were all in, it was time for him to make a choice. A choice that would shape his life. He was hesitant, because he knew the place he wanted to be was expensive…. Read more >
Car Concert and BigLifeVision
I was driving yesterday, and a song I love found me like an old friend. It came on, put its arms around me and reminded me of a time when everything didn’t feel as hard. That prompted me to find… Read more >
Zen and Personal Mastery
As you can tell by my absence (if anyone noticed), I haven’t written much. Last year, the posts that made it were coaxed out of me by shear will. This year, my interest in writing just collapsed, until lately. I… Read more >
And the World Stopped….
Loss is hard. Loss of a job, a divorce, the death of a parent, the loss of a child, the passing of a sibling, and on and on and on. For me, and for most people I know, loss is… Read more >
Megan
“Just because something has happened every day for the last 10 years, doesn’t mean it has to be that way today”…. This summer, very unexpectedly, arrived a wedding invitation from a long lost, very dear friend. At some point because… Read more >
Hamster Wheel of Hell!
As of late, ok, it happens a lot lately and has happened on and off my adult life, I find my mind spinning on what I call the hamster wheel. For me, it’s a cycle of unproductive thought that creates… Read more >
Blow it up, burn it down and LIVE…
Sometimes, when things are blow up and burnt down and destroyed the most amazing things can emerge. It turns out, destruction is a necessary part of the process. Like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon, or a seedling emerging from… Read more >
Paris! It’s a Big Race. Go Run
I’ve been asked 100+ times since that day “how did the Paris Marathon go?” If you haven’t been following along, last May decided to run the Paris Marathon on April 12, 2015. I do stupid things like this every year… Read more >
Back
I’m back. Back from two weeks in France, one week in Barcelona and three weeks of a cold. But mostly I’m starting to feel back in my skin. The last six months have been a roller coaster of loss, love,… Read more >
France
When my dad passed in 1996, he and I were both reading A Year in Provence. I could imagine along with the words on the pages the smell of the lavender, the earthy taste of the cheese, the layers of… Read more >