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Unfinished Business
The season is changing. It is already dark now when I wake up. The familiar birdsong that acted as my alarm is absent. Too many times these past few weeks have I overslept, getting up well after I had intended … Continue reading
A Lesson Learned
The fledglings have left their nests and are exploring the world around them. As I sat and observed them one morning, I watched as a mother starling brought her young chick to the feeder. The young one landed awkwardly on … Continue reading
Who I am is Not Who You Think
Don’t tell me I am not straight enough because I won’t wear a dress or watch romantic comedies that has never been me. And don’t tell me I am not gay enough because I fell in love with a man … Continue reading
Scream!
You think all you’ve got inside you is a dainty little yell all prettied up, a composed AHHHH…… Careful not to offend agitate disrupt cause a scene lest people think you uncouth hysterical, crazy even. All these years patient and … Continue reading
The Awakening or What I Learned in My First Session with a Personal Trainer
It doesn’t have to be this way….. I carry this excess baggage of the injustices, missed opportunities, regrets on an already abundant journey as if my existence depended on them. Those should haves, would haves, meant tos but couldn’t … Continue reading
On the Edge of All Possibilities
We speak of edge dwelling as some sort of new fad where one can find their wildness that was lost, abandoned yes, rejected having accepted instead the promise of a comfortable existence. To exist, but not to truly Live. Sure … Continue reading
Be a Dreamer
“What if the dreamer and the dream are the same?” – Star Trek, Deep Space Nine What is dreaming, anyway? There are several definitions for dreaming. The first, and the most common, is a series of thoughts, images and … Continue reading
Kindle the Fires!
There is a wild-ness to this time of year when all of creation is aroused into activity. As the circle turns east the quickening air breathes life into the world. It is time to rekindle the flames of our passions … Continue reading
When Senses Collude in Divine Symphony
I lay down on the floor to stretch, exhausted after exercising, my ear buds still in. I switch the music on my Ipod from early 70’s rock to something mellower. As I settle in to non-movement, I find my self … Continue reading
Out of the Closet, Walking Back Home
It is a ritual as holy and sacred to me as raising bread and wine. More relevant than any church service. Dare I say this? As a child I would rush out of church and into the fields, away from … Continue reading
Sister Sojourner 