The Addicted Life

February 20, 2012

The untimely death of Whitney Houston got me thinking about how so many of us are living what can only be called the addicted life. This beautiful image is from her own website of whitneyhouston.com. In this image you can easily see her luminesence and the radiance that made her such a beloved star. Aren’t [...]

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Themes and Dreams

January 14, 2012

I know, I know! It’s mid-January and I’m just getting around to writing about resolutions and how I’m going to work with that wonderful energy of change that each New Year brings to us. It’s that time of year again when all the promise of dreams lies ahead and resolutions are made for the “you” [...]

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Turkey Wisdom

November 27, 2011

Another Thanksgiving has passed and I am walking somewhat like a turkey as I write this. Once again – way too much food – way too much drink – and way too little sleep. This year I again created my spectacular sweet potatoes – my sweeties as I call them. And while I was peeling [...]

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Paper Dolls

October 23, 2011

If you are my age you might remember those little cutouts from childhood that you dressed up with colorful outfits, affixing them to the form with bendable tabs. Now there are digital and magnetic versions of that same wonderful toy of vision and imagination – the Paper Doll. The best thing about playing with Paper [...]

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Telling Your Story

September 20, 2011

I’ve recently submitted stories that have been published in two books. The latest one is a story of personal rebirth and self-forgiveness in the upcoming edition of Embracing Your Authentic Self. Writing about my own life got me thinking about the stories we all have to share and how often we don’t do so out [...]

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Comparison-Free Living

August 17, 2011

This is a picture I took this week of the Looking Glass Waterfall in the Pisgah Forest in North Carolina near the town of Brevard where I am visiting a friend and working on my creative writing. I have long known that one of the major blocks to creative expression is the tendency to compare [...]

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The Power of a Time-Out

July 31, 2011

If you’re at all like me, you may feel there are never enough hours in the day to get everything done that you want and need to do. Some days I glance at the clock and wonder how the hours have managed to fly by, wanting to magically stretch the day like silly putty until [...]

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Get Creative this Summer!

June 30, 2011

It’s summertime and the living may or may not be so easy. Certainly it is a time of year when things naturally seem to slow down and you get to catch up on those books you haven’t read, dip your toes in the water and breathe a bit more deeply. You may tend, like most [...]

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Dreaming a new Dream

April 2, 2011

There’s nothing like a sky and a rainbow to get you dreaming, is there?  Something about the endless vista of the heavens stirs the heart and opens the gates to inspiration and imagination like little else.  What are you dreaming about these days?  Looking at world events it seems that many people are dreaming a new dream [...]

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Tragedy in Japan – What Can I Do?

March 20, 2011

Lately so many people have expressed their frustration at feeling helpless to assist in the disaster unfolding in Japan.  Couple that with fears of nuclear meltdowns and just the sheer magnitude of the tragedy and it can feel emotionally overwhelming.  With the news pundits constantly debating back and forth on the level of radiation risk, it is [...]

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