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February 1, 2025

The Light Returns in Love and Creativity

We were so excited for our Christmas celebration this year. We lit up our Yule log, decorated the house and enjoyed the celebration of Winter Solstice preceding Christmas. Yes, I celebrate both! And I do not believe I am an enigma. I have authored several poems about this season that is full of light and grace.
January 1, 2025

The Remnants of a Rather Ragged Holiday!

We were so excited for our Christmas celebration this year. We lit up our Yule log, decorated the house and enjoyed the celebration of Winter Solstice preceding Christmas. Yes, I celebrate both! And I do not believe I am an enigma. I have authored several poems about this season that is full of light and grace.
December 1, 2024

Surviving the Disruption, Disconnection and Chaos

We greet Autumn with warm remembrances of cider, apples and bonfires. Landscapes show leaves of hardwood forests changing from summer green to magnificent color as the natural world settles in for the winter. As the month of October nears its end, we pause to think of this dying of the natural world as it reflects on our own eventual demise.
November 1, 2024

Honoring Our Beloved Dead, Serving Up a Silent Supper

We greet Autumn with warm remembrances of cider, apples and bonfires. Landscapes show leaves of hardwood forests changing from summer green to magnificent color as the natural world settles in for the winter. As the month of October nears its end, we pause to think of this dying of the natural world as it reflects on our own eventual demise.
October 7, 2024

Color in the Time of Dying

We greet Autumn with warm remembrances of cider, apples and bonfires. Landscapes show leaves of hardwood forests changing from summer green to magnificent color as the natural world settles in for the winter. As the month of October nears its end, we pause to think of this dying of the natural world as it reflects on our own eventual demise.
August 1, 2024

Grandma’s Hutch & Great Grandma’s Hollyhocks

I love antiques and the stories they hold. I am incredibly fortunate to have some silver from my Great Grandmother on my mother’s side and some English bone china tea cups. When I touch one of the cups or read on a piece of silver where Great Grandpa engraved her name, I feel taken back in time, remembering their home and garden.
May 31, 2024

Meaning and a Dog Named Scout

Meaning and joy are two of the domains of well-being that were researched by a group of professionals in the nineties who developed the seven domains of well-being that human beings need at all ages to experience life to its full potential. The seven domains are: identity, growth, security, autonomy, connectedness, meaning and joy.