You are a link in a chain of causation that stretches before and after your life for a thousand generations. ~Rev. Chris Michaels Last summer I tore the pages of my journals into shreds … pages I used to remember the details of my story chronicled in A Long Awakening to Grace: a memoir of […]
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Unsettling Transitions
Five years ago, Cindi, Jasmine, Vinnie, and I formed our Sage Sister group. We were bright-eyed, bushy-tailed revolutionaries … wise elders intent on supporting each other in embracing and savoring our aging process with grace and consciousness. To support our intention, we read and discussed all or portions of: The Gift of Years: Growing Older […]
Acceptance & Letting Go
My body felt lighter on Thursday when I drove away from my tax accountant’s office. One more time I was being challenged to accept and let go … a recurring theme in my life. I came to acceptance of writing and publishing my memoir as a hobby … not as a business. I’ve had too […]
Following Mary Oliver’s Instructions for Living a Life
“Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” ~Mary Oliver Living a Life Valentine’s Day 2019: My heart aches as I listen to my favorite podcast, On Being. I am affected more than I realize by Krista Tippett’s conversation with Richard Davidson, a neuroscientist and founder/director of The Center for Healthy Minds at the University of […]
… just in case
A MOVIE My daughter and I enjoy watching movies based on true stories. Saturday evening, February 2, we flip through Netflix in search of one. Nicole doesn’t express any preferences, so I chose one released in 2015 that looks interesting … Experimenter. (It has since been removed from Netflix and is on Amazon Prime) The […]
There are no words …
On October 9, 2004, I had the honor of officiating at Jak and Diane’s wedding. Nontraditional in almost every way, I absolutely loved this ceremony. It tops my list of favorite wedding experiences. Jak, a former co-worker who became a good friend, married his soulmate. Their wedding, held at their home in Clifton along the […]
