Monthly Archives: July 2017

Greeting cards can support your immune system.

ShareI struggle with construction dust, mold and plant allergies.  Not the run-of-the-mill seasonal allergies. No,  I’m talking about a canary-in-a-coal-mine-full-on-body-rash type of thing as a result of an over-reactive immune system.  A three year bout with Lyme’s disease didn’t help … Continue reading

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Today’s Mantra: Shine on

ShareAesop is quoted as saying: No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted. I believe the same can be said for shining our own unique light out into the world. No matter how small, it is never … Continue reading

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Today’s Mantra: Don’t make yesterday’s mistake again today.

ShareI made a big mistake yesterday.  It was one that I haven’t made in a while and frankly, had gotten a little cocky about thinking that I wouldn’t make again.  I used to do it all the time. Daily, hourly, … Continue reading

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Today’s Mantra: Pause, breathe, proceed.

Share“Do you know the way to San Jose?” Da-nah-nah-nah… I don’t know the rest of the words to that song, but it doesn’t keep my brain from singing the first line and humming the rest any time my monkey brain … Continue reading

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Today’s Mantra: do nothing

ShareThere has been a recurring theme in my art journal and meditations lately: rest.  Rest like your life depends on it. Just. Stop. Doing. It occurs to me that although I consciously seek a balance between work and home life, … Continue reading

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Today is the day to soar

ShareI have spend the last few weeks watching a nest of three tiny barn swallows perched high in the eaves of my covered front porch. The building of the nest. The sitting on the eggs. The feeding of the hatchlings. … Continue reading

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Home Sweet Home

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ShareHome is not just a place to me; it’s a feeling, a color, a smell, a song. It’s the place where the anxiety lines on my forehead flatten  and the corners of my eyes and mouth smile. Blues and greens … Continue reading

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Today’s Mantra: respond, don’t react.

ShareWhat if we just acted like everything was easy? This famous quote by  Mary Ann Radmacher  is one that I have often pondered.  The question is scrawled on a scrap of blue paper, stabbed with a pushpin into the cork … Continue reading

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