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“Respond to every call that excites your spirit.” -Rumi I just returned from a glorious two-weeks in France and Italy, compliments of dear friends who invited us, and many [...]

As I see it, there are two ways to go about clearing the disturbing effects of a major ecological disaster: Clearing from a place of fear, judgment, and blame. Clearing from a place of deep [...]

The title comes from a swoon I posted on my Facebook Page last week. Actually it read: “Birdsong + Coffee + Back porch (after spring cleaning) = Heaven. I had spent a good part of the [...]

Did you know that I was chosen 2010 Mother of the Decade? Here’s the TV spot to prove it: Stephanie Vogt Receives Prestigious Mother of the Year Award Actually, this is a cute little gimmick from [...]

“To the unconscious mind, ‘real life action’ and and ‘conscious intentional ritual’ are the same thing!” –Your Spacious Self If you think of dreams as the way [...]

“I do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.” – Anne Lamott It’s springtime: A return to my [...]

Our beloved refrigerator leaves us today. I can hear her humming away in the other room – as she has for 25 years – oblivious to her fate. It’s like we’re putting her down. We bought [...]

What is one song that is certain to lift your spirits?  Change your mood in less than one minute? Give you goosebumps? I have two. 1.  “Golden” by Jill Scott. Not only do I feel [...]

“When how a person occurs to himself alters, everything else shifts as well.” I believe that “spaciousness” is something that expresses itself in infinite ways. [...]

January 1. 2010. Ten minutes past midnight. New Year’s Resolutions are not really my thing. My style is more like that of painter: broader brushstrokes, organic and impressionistic. I love [...]