"Most of us have a gap in our lives between where we find ourselves and the life we actually want to be living. It's time for you to look...

“... art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees…” Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit “Everything is raw...

A few of my Healing Touch for Animals clients.... I've always wondered how an animal reacts to a distance session, so I was grateful to...

"In summer, we work hard to make a tidy garden, bordered by pansies with rows or clumps of columbine, petunias, bleeding hearts. Then we...

"Read books. They are good for us." Wild Mind, Natalie Goldberg "... books have been my windows on to vast tracts of experience, both...

I see her walking on a path through a pathless forest or a maze, a labyrinth. As she walks, she spins and the fine threads fall behind...

I'm grateful to my friend Sarah at Studio Sadie for introducing me to the idea of the nature mandala. In the kind of synchronicity that...

"In recent months, I have had several Healing Touch sessions with Lelia. My primary goal for these sessions was to work on stress...

I love remnants and snippets, found objects and things that fall by the wayside. And I think it's really fun to put them together and see...

I've been angry at my garden this summer. Hot, humid weather, weeds, perfectionism and overwhelm have led to resentment, resistance and...

A Jill-Badonsky-inspired wobbly mandala in honor of Jill's July 26 birthday. "Trusting the process leads to peace and contentment....

John Lewis broke rules and made "good trouble." His life and example, Jon Batiste reminds us, are an invitation to our own greatness. As...

I'm a reluctant gardener. Sometimes I get cranky at the work it requires. But once I get outside and start noticing what I'm seeing, what...

Happy birthday to Buckminster Fuller, born July 12, 1895. He was a man of seemingly uninhibited uniqueness, to use a Jill Badonsky...

I'm taking pleasure in Sol Lewitt's advice, which comes to me via Austin Kleon. The blind contour self-portrait to the right is one of...

“Every day is filled with opportunities to be amazed, surprised, enthralled—to experience the enchanting everyday. To stay eager. To be,...

Reading Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, I noticed that her advice for developing a fictional character could also be helpful in finding an...

"Become a gardener with an emphasis on wonder and play." - Bill Plotkin, Nature and the Human Soul The garden is always a great teacher...

As noted in a previous post, I love to make zines. Often I fill them with inspirational tidbits that I clip from magazines. Here's one...

I love me a zine. They're fun to make, fun to give away, and a great way to spend time while social distancing.