Light bulbs It’s the season of bulbs Light is captivating. Even when I’m savoring the faint light of early morning, my eyes are drawn to the neighbor’s barn light, just like the moths of summer. It’s the stars and planets that catch my attention in the night sky, not the spaces of deep blue-black between…
Noticing the bright moments might help I sit down at my desk this morning and smile at the sunlight filtering through the maple trees and coming in the side window of our office. On the lawn out the window in front of me, there are patterns of shadow and bright grass. The very first…
A little gasp of surprise. I didn’t know I still had that bright chartreuse skirt, or that pink fringed shawl. But why should I be surprised? Although they’d moved on from my regular wardrobe, I had been aware of what they represented to me. They are tools or props in my on-going adventure with awareness….
After 20 years of neck pain resulting from a car accident I discovered “The Nia Technique,”“Nia.” It was with Nia that I discovered I could move again after 20 years of discomfort. I embraced the Nia practice and was soon able to not just move, I was dancing despite years of knee pain. Nia re-opened…
Survived my move, and…. My Friends, I’ve just been through moving houses. I know this is a common experience and that most people survive this process. I did not know that the project would totally absorb my attention and energy for so long a time. I’m glad I had the wisdom to suspend my classes…
My morning walk is often my total-immersion-in-the-landscape time. I’m usually very visual as I walk, taking in the colors, shapes, light, sparkle, and shadows. Today, even though we had the most colorful sunrise in weeks, well really, the only sun appearance in weeks, I started noticing the auditory landscape. First, it was the gurgle of…
Early morning disturbing dream: black smoke is billowing from somewhere in our front yard. I don’t want to jump out of bed and take care of a fire first thing in the morning, but of course, putting out the fire forces a higher priority than anything else. That’s the nature of putting out fires, and…
Ha! Home making tea after my morning walk, I peek at the quote on my teabag: “Earth laughs in flowers. – Ralph Waldo Emerson.” I laugh out loud. I’ve been tripping out on flowers all the way up the hill and back. I’m awed by the miniscule, yellow blossoms, less than a millimeter, on the…
I’m outdoors, and noticing windows…of time. It’s a windy, rainy, March morning with occasional rainbows. Each time I reach for my phone to take a photo, the light changes so quickly that I miss some of the brightly illuminated moments. The wet madrone bark is still orange, but not glowing, the full arc of rainbow…
