In the course of this month’s self-isolation due to the pandemic, I’ve sorted, organized and weeded out closets and drawers. Yesterday’s focus included smaller, obscure places like my horizontal file cabinet. In it were three [...]

In the months leading up to self-isolation, my daily existence began to speed up and veer out of control. Life whizzed by and exiting the speeding train seemed impossible. But as we moved into week [...]

While you are at home for the next 30-days self-isolating, scrolling through Facebook, Instagram and old emails, think of what December 2020 will look like. Similar to the photo above, we’ll have a whole new [...]

I’ve been talking to dead people since 1974, consciously. I may have done it before thinking it was just an internal conversation. Now though, it’s pretty commonplace. Sometimes it’s my mother acting as my cheerleader, [...]

My dad suffered from Alzheimer’s the last several years of his life. When it became too much for my mom to handle, we moved my parents to a home across the street from us to [...]

Studying the chakra system, I’d been taught that the root chakra, our first chakra, represented the “Tribe,” the center for conformity, adherence to rules, beliefs and traditions of the ancestors. By following the rules, protection [...]

Returning from my walk across Scotland and elated with my accomplishments, I returned tethered to shore in my safe harbor. I'm energized and wondering what’s my next project? After a few weeks, my upbringing kicks [...]

I walked into my classroom, chairs and desks were askew, papers blanketed the floor in dust and debris. Class was starting soon. I rearranged the desks, never in rows but in pods. Just as I [...]

Walking across Scotland has piqued my interest and commitment to movement. Since returning, walking each day for a couple of miles or more has been enjoyable, and I look forward to this as reflective time. [...]