My Yearly Easter Post
“So Ladies, Thanks for being the first to witness and report the Resurrection and we’ll take it from here.”
Reflection #48 These Later Years
Reflection #48 These Later Years Each stage of life openslike a doorway,and this one—perhaps the holiest—like a precious time before me. As later years are...
Reflection #48 Death and Love
Sunset over Santa Fe This poem remembers the death of my husband, Richard, who died at the age of twenty-nine. I was twenty-five then, left to face the loss...
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Reflection #47 Holding the Field
Photo by Hưng Phạm on Unsplash Reflection #31 Holding the Field I no longer give of myselfas I once did.Instead, I find myself“holding the field”— For years...
Reflection #46 Learning to Let Go
Reflection #46 – Learning to Let Go Reflection #46 – Learning to Let Go A banner hangs in my home.Asking three questions— How well did you live.How well did...
Reflection #45 Beginner’s Mind
Photo by Anita Austvika on Unsplash Reflection #45 Beginner’s Mind Each year brings new lessons.some settle in gently,others wait for us to soften, to...
Reflection #42. Simple Lessons
Photo by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa on Unsplash Reflection #42. Simple Lessons This is a gentling season,a loosening of hurry,a softening of...
Spiritworks Reflections Feedback
February Spiritworks Reflections Feedback Dear Reader, Thank you for your thoughtful feedback on “Beginning Again” Reflections I’m finding that you...
Reflection #41. Creeping Entitlement
Photo by Eugene Golovesov on Unsplash Reflection #41 — Creeping Entitlement I’ve been caughtwith entitlement in my pocket,thinking life owes intereston...
Reflection #39. Forever Young
My Baby Sister Reflection #40 Forever Young Some of my earlier stepswere not guided by designbut taken because the roadsuddenly bent. Following where...
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Dear Reader, Thank you for your thoughtful feedback on “Beginning Again” Reflections I’m finding that you appreciate the free verse style that makes them a...
Reflection #38 — Living with Passion
Settlers Cabin Park, PA Reflection #38 — Living with Passion I want to live with passion,not as urgency,but as a steady flame,alive within me. Passion is...
Reflection #37 Shifting Gears
Reflection #37 Shifting Gears Reflection #37 Shifting Gears In this time of change,I tend to what is visibleadmitting my sightis soft around the edges....
Reflection #36 Grandparenting
Reflection #37 Grandparenting These daysI am practicingthe fine artof being usefulto the parentsof my grandchildren—which mostly...
Reflection #35 Epiphany
Today I mark Epiphany--a day for noticing,for waking againto what matters most. This gentle quiet dayinvites me to reconsiderhow to shape a lifemore whole,...
Reflection #34 A New Year
Winter Solstice @ Penn Forest Reflection #34 — A New YearNew years keeps arrivingwith beginnings and endingsnever dreamed, never rehearsed. Some step into a...
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Spiritworks Reflections Feedback Dear Reader, Thank you for your thoughtful feedback on “Beginning Again” Reflections I’m finding that you appreciate the...
Reflection #33 Epiphany
Reflection #33 — Holding the FieldI no longer give of myselfas I once did.Instead, I find myself“holding the field”— For years I carried the weight—plans,...
Today Mama Arlene of Rwanda turns 95!
Today is Mama Arlene's 95th birthday! Here is her email if you want to send her a greeting: brown.arlene30@gmail.com Mama Arlene lives and works in Rwanda...