Beautiful You

find YOUR reason to stop the car

find YOUR reason to stop the car

There is a farm on the way out to Triple Play Farm (where I am fortunate enough to do the Equine Facilitated Learning workshops) that catches my breath each time […]

The Weekly Spark:  Write Yourself a Poem

The Weekly Spark: Write Yourself a Poem

Little known fact: April is National Poetry Month. Even lesser known fact: I started my writing career as a poet and had a double focus in graduate school on non-fiction […]

Friday Reflections

Friday Reflections

Friday Reflections is all about reflecting on the week by observing our senses.  My hope is that this will be a gentle, easy way to tune into how we are […]

serve your shine

serve your shine

The first time I saw The Lion King on Broadway, I wept. I also wept the second time I saw it. We will take Happy to see it this summer […]

You have not run out of time, yet.

You have not run out of time, yet.

Truth:  I do not have naturally pretty handwriting. Also true:  I am often complimented on my handwriting. What? I was a high school teacher in the age of overhead projectors. […]

What if your approach to life has actually made you live less?

What if your approach to life has actually made you live less?

Resisting change is futile. Wrong-headed.   The opposite of the point of life.   Life is a series of changes, and we must adapt to survive. from a mid-1990s personal […]

Abstract Purple Pink Trees by C. Horvath

The Weekly Spark: Spring Awakening

I heart spring.  And because it is taking its dear sweet time arriving, I am getting really impatient for it.  Since I can’t yet enjoy everything that it has to […]

I have learned that I can go without makeup and I wish that I would have discovered my confidence at a younger age.

Hello lovelies!

Tami asked about photos from  and my students have generously obliged.  Here’s a snapshot of some of the all natural goodness featured in last week’s class with a brief quote […]

The Weekly Spark:  Practice Replicating Grace

The Weekly Spark: Practice Replicating Grace

Your best friend calls you in tears. “I am the worst mother in the world,” she tells you.  “Chase was being such a brat and I just lost it on […]

fresh faced beauty

fresh faced beauty

All of these lines across my face Tell you the story of who I am So many stories of where I’ve been And how I got to where I am […]