Fostering Creativity with a Rock Meditation
See this rock? It’s one of the thousands I walked by during my time in Colorado last month. They call that area the Rocky Mountains for a reason—lots and lots of rocks, as I shared in some of my Instagram images a couple of weeks ago. Today, however, I want to ponder...
The Gift of Liminal Space between Vacation and Home
This past week, Henry and I took a brief few days of vacation together in Southern California. We spent time with animals at the San Diego Zoo, ate some delicious seafood, and sat on a cliff above the ocean, watching the waves roll in and out. It was good time for...
Perspective and a Tricky Flower Photo
A few days after I finished last week’s blog post on the ephemeral beauty of that complex cactus flower, I encountered another striking flower from a very different perspective. This year’s abundant monsoon rains have brought with them a profusion of dropped and...
Ephemeral and Extravagant Beauty
For the past four months, this photo has been the wallpaper on my computer. I took it along with many amazing flower photos I shared earlier this spring, both here and on Instagram. This image greets me every morning and is the last thing I see when I shut down the...
Pondering the Complexity of Abundance in Monsoon Season
In last week’s post I pondered flooding around the world. Then, on Thursday, I joined my friend Kelsea Habecker’s online women’s writing and reflection circle for the first time (you can learn more about it here) and the theme was abundance. Here in Southern Arizona,...
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