"Being in solitary confinement is really just being thrown upon yourself.... it's like being thrown in the ocean. You have to learn how to swim. You have t...

Can the act of washing our hands become not just self preservation, but an act of service to those around us?

I was struck by Carrie Newcomer's music video "If Not Now" and wanted to share it. The words capture the feeling of these times for me. And the images are p...

...working to realize our full potential as a nation and as human beings.

"Creating is a surrender to the forces that move inside of you. It is a knowing surrender to the unknown. It is a willingness to relate to

"There's a land that I see where the children are free And I say it ain't far to this land from where we are Take my hand, come with me, where the children a...

I think it is amazing that one candle can light another without being diminished. We have the power of that light within us too. Sharing our light does not...

During the darkest time of our year, many people celebrate Light through the practice of their religious traditions. Behind these rituals is the inner work ...

Today is Halloween...all Hallow’s Eve... a time of revelry and the seasonal turning of the Earth. To the Celts and many pagans today, it is Samhain (pronoun...

Under the blanket of night and the starry milky way I had a dream ... or the dream had me. Sent from that unseen terrain of soul to this small consciousness ...

I have been pondering life and living.  With questions stacking one upon the other. The answering just pauses in the chain of unknowns.  This is just one thr...

What I love about the ocean is her wildness No man can tame her She has her rhythms - The waves pushing and pulling at the shore The tides marking time with ...

My Mom died two years ago this month and so much has rearranged itself since then; memories to process and lessons to apply.  I continue to learn to live wit...

I am a seed under the dark soil... dormant.  Silent.  Potent. Blind. I have felt the movement of the seasons in the darkness of my womb; the restless...

WAIT - Why Am I Talking? WAIT - What Aliveness Is There? ---------------- Waiting is active - Potent. It is the deep space of pause between what has been and...

The world must be spinning faster.  I don't mean literally, but sometimes I wonder.  So much energy is spent in the attempt to manage our time, be productive...

Roxie was my 15 year old black lab mix who died this past fall.  She was the dog I didn’t really want, but who claimed me right away.  She had a mind of her ...

A while back, I heard Dr. Brian Williams give a talk on his experiences with racism.  He is a trauma surgeon in Dallas, Texas and he worked on the 6 police o...

Art is both a process and a product.