Photo ©Tanio McCallum, 2024 Last night I went on Facebook and within a few moments of reading a friend’s short yet powerful post about...

The above photo was sent to me a couple of hours ago by Claudio, the owner of a family -run vineyard near Villa Pucci, the home of my...

Ever since I was a little girl I’ve been fascinated with words. Though the first word I wrote would not be a harbinging for those that...

Photograph by April Hopkins Be like honey, sweet and slow. When my friend sent me this photo of her first honey harvest, I immediately...

This morning I drove my son to school for the last day of 5th grade. He was wearing Xmas pj’s and rolled his eyes when I took his pic as...

Sunset in Tuscany Travel. There is nothing quite like motion. The feeling of being on your way somewhere, the road or sky falling away...

My fear is my strength, I wrote in my journal this morning, not really knowing what I meant or if I even believed it. The only thing I...

Events conspired this past Spring that pushed me to the point that I thought I might be “going crazy” (though I am told that if you think...

The end of the year begins like this: Madness, pure madness. The racing and rushing and pushing and shoving to “get it all done.” All I...

As creatives and writers - humans, all: What is it inside of us that calls for something more? Something beyond what we can hear, see,...

If there is one thing I am good at, it’s imperfection. Especially when it comes to writing. Not! When I was getting my MFA in Nonfiction...

(click the image to listen to the blog!) With only two days of Hybrid school and three days of Zoom school, it was a challenge, let me...

The path from the outside in is clear; now only the path from the inside out is blocked. Finding and following my pleasure isn’t as easy...

If you desire to embark on your own path of pleasure, check out my next Pleasure Boarding Workshop on Valentine's Day weekend! To...

“What creates space?” I wrote in my journal this morning. Amazed, the answer came! Stillness. Stillness creates space. I’ve been running...

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Create (v): to bring into being, cause to exist; to produce where there was nothing That is the definition, but what is the heart, the...

What elements conspire and convene in order to allow creation to happen? There are so many! But for me, at least, the first thing that...