Last month I wrote about the gifts of summer, today, I’m back to the drumbeat of one of my favorite topics of the last decade or so, maybe longer. I’m thinking about Summer Soul Care. Somewhere in my life, it dawned on me that you and I were not going to last forever and certainly not… Continue reading Summer Soul Care
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My Top Ten Summer Wishes
My Top Ten list this month: Summer Wishes 1. Light. What makes summer, of course, is the light. I wish light for you this summer. The kind that reveals, heals and makes things grow. I hope you will awaken to light and notice it all day as it moves across the sky creating golden streaks… Continue reading My Top Ten Summer Wishes
Wound Up
A black lizard with a bright blue tail was sitting on my open journal when I returned to the deck with my refilled cup of coffee. Later, Google told me it is actually a skink and has a venomous bite. Wow. All I know is that's not usually the kind of thing I usually see… Continue reading Wound Up
Learning to Linger
In my previous life, I didn't know how to linger. I remember once getting so angry with my son's baseball coach because he wouldn't tell me when baseball practice ended. I had two other kids, one was a baby and a full-time job. He said, Practice ends when it ends. I'd end up waiting in… Continue reading Learning to Linger
Watch Where You Put Yourself
It's just a simple wisp of an idea; one gentle thought. Author Cheryl Strayed brought it to my mind in a little book of her own quotes, Brave Enough. Put yourself in the way of beauty, she writes. That's it. She gives a whole page surrounded by white space to those seven words. It reminds… Continue reading Watch Where You Put Yourself
