Are you camp "Old Fashioned" or "Fifty Shades of Grey"? This valentine we reflect on why we chose or love or hurt the one we are with. Pain is inevitable in love but not pain in self-depreciating shades. We forgive the edges in well-deployed words and actions that rip into old wounds, choosing to return to wild, breathless passion. Love… Continue reading I Choose You Again – My Wild, My Rose
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Happy New Year!
2015…Make History.
In Search for Passion and Meaning
When did pelvic thrusts become the measure of excitement and passion? Emoji's are facing stiff (puny, I know) competition from our need to express our approval with virtual grunts. For most of us who work, our weekend schedule can reveal the road map to our passion - a football game, a writing workshop, a crafts… Continue reading In Search for Passion and Meaning
The Art of Solitude – Finding Your Creative Space
Can we create something meaningful and enduring from chaos? In today's social media hyped world - viral yes, enduring no. I find it easier to start outside then dive into the center and create from that space. That means finding the environment, the space, a ritual, an object that inspires, a scent, music that… Continue reading The Art of Solitude – Finding Your Creative Space
Honoring Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014. Her website states, "Dr. Maya Angelou is a remarkable Renaissance woman who is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature." She was a poet, author, educator, historian, a mother and mostly a friend whose voice we'll always hear urging us to do better,… Continue reading Honoring Maya Angelou
