dear ones, many years ago i was really sick. i had an illness that was never really diagnosed or named. my mental and physical unwellness disrupted every… Read more “the right words”
Category: duality
love and homegrown tomatoes
(photo courtesy of Money & Life documentary, by Katie Teague) “Only two things that money can’t buy and that’s love and homegrown tomatoes.” ~John Denver dear ones,… Read more “love and homegrown tomatoes”
more nothing maybe from covid-19
dear ones, i’m having great difficulty alongside you (at the CDC-recommended potentially safe distance), about the condition of humanity right now. to honor and express my dismayhem,… Read more “more nothing maybe from covid-19”
Dvořák’s Requiem carries the darkness and light of loss
Dear Ones, ♫♪ It has been a tremendous musical JOY to revisit Dvořák’s Requiem mass with North Carolina Master Chorale the past two months preparing our… Read more “Dvořák’s Requiem carries the darkness and light of loss”
labyrinth walk for joy
☀️💜🙃 Solstice Blessings Joyfuellers! Today marked the Summer Solstice for half of us on Earth (and Winter Solstice for the other half) so I decided to make… Read more “labyrinth walk for joy”
mother in training
(A personal reflection on mothering and parenthood.) “Music is not in the notes but in the silence between.” ~Wolfy Mozart Being a mother is ever changing. It’s… Read more “mother in training”
a writer’s prayer
A prayer for my now: Help me to greet the world as I truly am— whole–enough–flawed–wild–open And not how I wish the world to receive me— separate–good–perfect–tame–limited.… Read more “a writer’s prayer”