Capacity Connection
Recently I spoke to a dear friend and she shared with me that she is learning to live within her capacity. The first step to this is noticing what her capacity is for each day, and living with grace and acceptance in those boundaries. What this released for her was being able design her expectations…
Writer’s Digest – A Confession
Confession. I have subscribed to Writer’s Digest magazine for over 5 years. I have read MAYBE six issues. Yet, every time renewal rolls around, I quickly send my payment. When the newest issue arrived last week, I hardly looked at. Still on the kitchen table, it will eventually get moved to one of the many…
A Tale of Two Trainings
One of the happiest achievements in my life was going to the USSR as a junior in high school (1990). For almost three weeks, a group of forty StrangersBecoming Family from across the northeast US explored places and met people on the other side of the Cold Divide. The whole experience – from fundraising to…
Anthropormorphic Sun
It’s been a busy start to the summer in our family. Our youngest was home for a month, and last week returned to the northeast to work at a summer camp in Vermont. Our middle is getting ready to go visit our oldest in TX next week. And our oldest is making plans to move…
Wilting Basil
We bought a basil plant at the grocery store last week. I can’t remember what recipe A. was going to make for dinner, but the fresh basil leaves – as they always do – played a big role in the dish tasting wonderful and the house being filled with an aroma that made my stomach…
Stop for a Minute
Our eyes are amazing. In concert with our brains, they are constantly compiling pieces into a whole that we interpret and accept. On my desk, a mug holds a collection of colored pencils. A jar holds some shiny night sky shapes. A stack of colored index cards is within easy reach. To my right, a…
