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Boxing Day. It’s indeed a peaceful day for me. No rushing around; no anticipation of anything, just a beautiful, quiet day unfolding. Music fills the house with a variety of renderings of the Christmas classics. Who would have thought that Jingle Bells could have such a variety of offerings? Solo artists, duets and groups; old stuff and new stuff; all ... Continue Reading >>

Soon, another year will come to a close. It has been an amazing one for me, with so much unfolding, quickly, over such a short period of time. This year has proven to me that I am not my stories – about myself or about anyone or anything else. The quality of my life lives in each breath, one at a time. When I trust that, life is full and rich and ... Continue Reading >>

Every now and then, I wonder….how much knowledge has been lost over the eons of r/evolving civilizations? How many times have we, quite literally, reinvented the wheel? What was in the texts, so precious to those who tended them, in the massive library in Alexandria, burned to the ground and lost to us all forever? What of the missing information from texts ... Continue Reading >>

Hmm…the words are barely nestled into the blog when the notion of ‘male bashing’ surfaces. Is that what I’m doing? Is that what others will see if/when they choose to read what I have written about myself….about my quiet truth? For whatever reason, as I consider these thoughts, I am pulled to seek out Ray Landry’s blog ... Continue Reading >>

Every day, I discover more of what is ‘real’ for me…what is deeply meaningful.I just spent five days (Whispers from Within: Women’s Writing Retreat) with women who were committed to discovering how to listen to the whispers inside themselves. The sounds of who we are that are drowned out by the dull, relentless droning of our daily lives – all the shoulds ... Continue Reading >>

They come for a variety of reasons, bringing with them things unfinished as well as things not yet begun. But nonetheless, they come.They arrive, each with their own agenda – some filled with specifics and others totally unformed, each palpably potent in their intention. And nonetheless, they come. It begins with what it would seem that women do best: we ... Continue Reading >>

I love movies – and I love science fiction. To me, it is less science fiction and much more science faction. The difference is just a matter of elapsed time.Human beings and androids. Each so sure of what they are and so definite in their knowing that they are separate, and that one is not the other. I know that we think we know what a human being is. ... Continue Reading >>