Light. Last Sunday afternoon. The brief, brilliant sun bedazzling through the high window in the town hall auditorium. The audience…
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soul work
Growing older we discover that life doesn’t actually get easier. We just become a bit more skilled at navigating the ups and downs. On good days, I can see the challenges that come my way as invitations to stretch a little, grow a little, learn a little. Viewed this way, just about everything becomes an opportunity for soul work. Read more about what soul work means to me, or browse the archive of stories below.
A duet with a friend — and some good winter soup
I practiced a visualization all through last winter, one I returned to again and again as I sat alone writing…
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Oprah doesn’t want me anymore
I didn’t think it would hurt, to be rejected by a magazine. But, at age 54, I guess I should…
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Blessings
What happens when we begin to count them? The day becomes a poem, the list a prayer, life itself a…
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Thanksgiving
Tomorrow night, for the first time in months, both our boys will be home, everyone sleeping in their own beds…
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Carrying on
It was little more than a fleeting inconvenience here, the mighty storm that stole the homes and lives and livelihoods…
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