Do you know that Van Morrison song, "Days Like This"? I've had a little run of moments lately that have reminded me of life's grace and gifts. I woke up Sunday morning to 5 hot air balloons right over my house! I ran out with my camera, pj's flying and stood in wonder at their bright … Continue Reading
I find this woman fascinating. Fearless. Original. What I want to grow up to be. I think if I could hit the big rewind button and step into another's shoes, this might be a life to try on. She's a true inspiration.
A different kind of field trip this Friday morning. Some photos from a morning walk on my favorite beach in Port Townsend. Small gestures, little poems of random placments of beach debris, the perfection of a curve… …so lovely and perfect… …little paintings in the sand… …that could all be translated onto … Continue Reading
I know I've been away from Blog Land for a while…and here's why. My little guy, getting rather big now, has been working all fall on completing his course work for his Black Belt in Tae Kwan Do. The big day was Saturday, and four years of hard work and sustained attention and devotion, culminated … Continue Reading
A slower paced day in Marbella allowed us the opportunity to share a cooking class with Rashida Reidel learning to make a traditional Spanish paella. We began the day at the Marbella market, perusing wonderful produce… …and really amazing seafood. Fresh from the sea that day, we gathered up some boney fish for our fish stock as well … Continue Reading
Inspiration. It's everywhere. Recently I had my blogversary (February 22nd) and this post will be my 120th. It's been over a year and I decided it was time to juice up my blog with a new banner and a couple of additions to my sidebars. In the left hand sidebar you can now find photos … Continue Reading
This is my mantra these days. There are so many things up in the air with my life right now. And being mindful in saying, "I don't know" is somehow comforting. I wrote this sentiment to myself 2 summer's ago when I was in Taos for Sas's workshop. The assignment was to alter a post card and send … Continue Reading
"Be happy, dear hearts, and allow yourselves a few more weeks of quiet exultation. It isn't gloating, it's satisfaction at a job well done. He was a superb candidate, serious, professorial but with a flashing grin and a buoyancy that comes from working out in the gym every morning. He spoke in a genuine voice, … Continue Reading
Happy Winter Solstice – it's the longest dark day (in this hemisphere) of the year before we begin the long jettison back towards the light. I have been helped through this season of short daylight hours by observing the sky in my western neck of the woods. I live out on the high plains of … Continue Reading
It is love that fashions us into the fullness of our being – not our looks, not our work, not our wants, not our achievements, not our parents, not our status, not our dreams. These all are the fodder and the filler, the navigating fuels of our lives: but it is love: who we love, … Continue Reading