MY WEEKLY BLOG FACING THE BEAST My earliest memory is a dream I had when I was four. I was sitting on the black and white diamond shaped kitchen floor tiles in my childhood home, staring at my feet when I heard a growling sound. I looked up to see a massive lion on...

Getting Back Up Here we go again. We’ve spent what feels like forever in quarantine and just when we thought it was safe to come out and play, we haveto go back in again. We aren’t in shock this time. We’ve dealt with it for far too long for that, but a pall of...

MY WEEKLY BLOG SEARCHING FOR TRUE NORTH The expression “searching for true north” describes an innerdesire to know where we are and where we’re headed. It’s our search to find the way home, the place where we feel welcome and safe. The pandemic has gifted us (it...

MY WEEKLY BLOG The Final Gift When you graduate from this realm into the next, if you could leave one gift to the ones you love, what would it be? People leaveletters for their children, favorite articles of clothing or homes and cars and money. These things are...

MY WEEKLY BLOG Don’t Stop I met an interesting man at a small Christmas Eve gathering.As we spoke, I noticed that he was really listening to the things I was saying and answering thoughtfully. I was  impressed with how he described something he was doing, working in...

MY WEEKLY BLOG A PLACE HOLDER A young member of my extended family told me he was vaccinatedagainst Covid but he was dating a woman who wasn’t and she was using a fake card at restaurants. “That’s a sign of bad character,” I said. “She’s putting other people at risk...