Down to Earth
Nature never fails to restore, rejuvenate and refocus our energy. After rushing the past few mornings, I started today fully present listening to the Earth, Teach Me meditation on Insight Timer. I...
View ArticleKeep Your Eye on the Ball
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” – James 1:17 On a quiet Christmas morning, we...
View ArticleNew Year, New Trails
“The truth is that, given enough time, life bestows its gifts, a drop at a time, if we find the courage to stay open to the mysterious flow that is larger than any one event.” – Mark Nepo, Finding...
View ArticleUnleashed Joy
“But I want to extol not the sweetness nor the placidity of the dog, but the wilderness out of which he cannot step entirely, and from which we benefit. For wilderness is our first home too, and in our...
View ArticleMarvelous Wonder
“Therefore, dear Sir, love your solitude and try to sing out with the pain it causes you. For those who are near you are far away… and this shows that the space around you is beginning to grow vast…....
View ArticleThe Smallest of Things
“From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.” – Dr. Seuss May you live today twice. Once being present and awake, weaving it with joy and delight. Twice in memory, discovering...
View ArticleHome Sweet Home
“Joy is the best makeup.”― Anne Lamott, Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith Home is place, others, self. A welcoming embrace. Spoken and mostly unspoken. The anticipation of your return. May you find...
View ArticleGoofball Mode
“The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment.” – Robert Falcon Scott Abby loves chasing tennis balls. She’s diversifying her fun practices to include frisbee catching as well. When I went out...
View ArticleSteadfastness
“Or maybe it’s about the wonderful things that may happen if you break the ropes that are holding you.”― Mary Oliver, Dog Songs It was Sasha’s 6th birthday on Tuesday, March 14th, the day of Mom’s...
View ArticleNo Leashes Day
“We meet wonderful people, but lose them in our busyness. We’re, as the saying goes, all over the place. Steadfastness, it seems, is more about dogs than about us. One of the reasons we love them so...
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