
Reflecting on 2020 in the Season of Nourishing Darkness
When I woke this morning and opened my blinds, I was surprised by bare branches. Overnight, a windstorm stripped almost all the golden-russet leaves off
When I woke this morning and opened my blinds, I was surprised by bare branches. Overnight, a windstorm stripped almost all the golden-russet leaves off
The world is a different place than it was a short time ago, isn’t it. Two weeks ago I agonized over cancelling my Spring Retreat,
If you’ve been with me for any length of time, you know that 2018 was a very difficult year for me. My marriage of 20
This past winter has been a time of deep introspection for me, and I wonder if it has been for you, too. In December and
For the last couple of months, I’ve been pondering the ways that we recognize a call from Soul. How, I asked myself, can I tell
I left for a Northwest Soul Quest retreat on the Gifts of Shadow last Wednesday, my mind and emotions in turmoil over the actions being
The past week was one of devotion and quiet creativity, for the most part. As a birthday present to myself, I commissioned a Goddess Rosary
2014 was a year of surprises. Good ones. The biggest one, of course, was our return to Heron House on Lummi Island. One year ago,
Ahhh. Hear that? It’s the sound of snowfall, of twinkling lights on a Yule tree, of children fast asleep. It’s the hush of Winter Solstice,
There is this. The place we go when we seek direction, when we yearn to pray, when we need to be still. We light a
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