Last week, ruminating over an old hurt I asked myself, how long are you going to hold on to something from the past that you have no control over? Immediately a voice in my head [...]

I came across this entry leafing through old journals yesterday, and it tickled my fancy. The photograph is from my recent trip to Ireland and was taken from St. Charles Fort in Kinsale, County Cork. [...]

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Do you have a process that you know will move you from complacency into action? Yesterday, I was a bit lethargic. I viewed it as post-partum depression. A week earlier, after a year’s planning, I’d [...]

The most memorable years of my life have been spent working with children; my favorites were the eleven to fourteen-year-olds. Middle school children are unpredictable. They can be painfully honest, say something profound for their [...]

Recently, I’ve been examining subtle uses of language. Clear communication moves us more quickly in the direction we choose. Robert Tennyson Stevens in his book, Conscious Language, has given me pause and encouraged me to take a [...]

I became intimate with Mary Oliver in 1999. It may be more accurate to say, It was then that I read her words for the first time.   I fell in love—in love with her [...]

With the full moon and the total eclipse tomorrow, take time to focus on your intentions, dreams and desires. Don't allow drama that is not yours to enter your space. Concentrate on appreciation and inspiration. [...]

I started school at four. Reading upside down was easier than right side up. Placed in the slow group, the Bluebirds, I didn’t know I was dyslexic until a wonderful teacher recognized my predicament and [...]

As the holidays approach, I’m making longer to-do lists and wondering, how much time I have to grocery shop, order holiday cards, buy gifts, clean, schedule parties and arrange travel. This morning, I read a [...]