I recently finished reading Anne Lamott’s Traveling Mercies.  A provocative and authentic account of one woman’s relationship with God.  Often after spending several hours reading, I would put the book down feeling as though I had just spent the afternoon with a dear kindred friend.  I found deeply satisfying validation, healing, and encouragement in those [...]

I did a little baking tonight and as I sat down to enjoy a taste of the little treats I made for some friends, I literally said out loud to myself, “I seriously have no idea why I am still single when I can do stuff like this…” They always say that food is the [...]

This dream this dream kickin’ on the womb of my soul I carry you around watching you grow feeling you move and dance into being This dream this dream kickin’ on the womb of my soul I feel the weight of you in the ache of my back my life is enveloped by the reality [...]

“Those who believe they believe in God but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, and even at times without despair, believe only in the idea of God, and not in God himself.” — Madeline L’Engle ***** Here I am standing on this cliff by the sea This is [...]

So it is a new year. 2009. Last year I wrote a fun little poem: Dear 2008, Please bring me a date ’cause I just can’t wait to meet my mate! This year its more like: Dear 2009, I don’t mean to whine but this heart of mine is not doing fine it wants to [...]

I’m reading this amazing book by Luis Rodriguez.   I’m taking my time with this one. Like one might savor each bite of a rich meal, I am taking time to mull over each chapter, each challenge. I first encountered this author a few years ago when I stumbled upon his memoir, Always Running, a [...]

I dreamed of yesterday… of two girls the very best of friends who danced and played so blithely unaware of the world out there— the world that was hunting, lurking, prowling, in the dark shadows of their beloved woods I dreamed a sweet dream of enchanted forest kingdoms over which we reigned in elaborate fashion [...]

When I broke ground on this piece of cyber property, I could feel something shifting, something changing, something happening. Maybe it was the wind billowing out these sails, readying this vessel for adventure.  This ship has long been in the making.  At first only a inkling in the mind’s eye of a steadfastly passionate thirteen [...]

Hope is the canvas upon which my life is painted the meter around which my life is written the staff upon which my life is composed the dream around which my life is realized the recipe from which my life is created the rhythm to which my life is danced the rock upon which my [...]