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A few weeks ago, I left my little stuffed monkey at a family reunion. He belonged to my long gone friend, Michael, and though he’s a physical object, he makes me feel love. I took the courage to [...]

I wish I read more poetry. When I encounter beautiful word art someone has posted, I feel moved by a current to new ways of being. (I’m entertaining suggestions for beginning more poetry in my [...]

Have you ever been captivated by something magically life-changing? A teaching, healing, or new perspective that felt eye-opening, exciting, and hopeful… Maybe you felt that meditation or [...]

In a meadow beside the Clackamas River, I stepped into a huge circle of red rose petals. I wasn’t alone. Entering the circle with me were 70 others, including the parents of Hunter, the [...]

Where does loneliness show up in your life? I assume you experienced it—I’ve not met anyone who does not encounter it from time to time. Do you feel it: At night when it’s time for [...]

It hurts us all. In the past few weeks, more and more white people in the US are starting to recognize the 400 year-old truth of institutionalized anti-blackness. The 600 year-old truth of native [...]

Two friends I haven’t seen since the pandemic biked over to share some tomato starts. It was great to see them… and so frustrating not being able to hug hello. Social distancing is [...]

You smell! Or you should, especially if you get caught up in stress, boredom, anxiety, too much thinking, or compulsive responses. Smelling enlivens you back to your senses. In the spring we get [...]

In this under-stimulated and overloaded time, I thought I’d keep it simple. Here’s wise advice from my favorite advice columnist, Carolyn Hax: Take this as permission to treat this [...]

Life can get really distorted with stress. It could “just” be mental overload – non-stop thinking or non-stop forgetting. Or stress may create internal photo filters, but instead of [...]