“Hostility begins to exist when we think we can choose by whom we shall be nourished. If the web of humanity is in any sense one, then we must choose to be nourished by those of whom we most wholly dislike or disapprove.” Charles Williams What do you do when you find yourself in a […]
personal growth
Cooking with Chaos
Cooking with chaos, everyday from scratch. Summer mourning gone. Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of cooking. And that is not a typo, the mourning is gone. I am no longer lusting after the summer of lazy, idle sunlight and gratifying heat. No, I am relishing the chance to energize the movement of clarification, purification. What […]
Born in August
Let me just start out by saying I was not born in August. I was however, born again yesterday. Yesterday I finally fell into Summer. I walked slowly down the drive, which is really more like a country dirt road since it goes for a good quarter mile, tracking my perceptions. Time slowed down. Time […]
The Power of the Personal
You might imagine that you are not that different from day to day, that your body looks relatively the same, that your wants and needs remain familiar most of the time. But I think if you attend closely, you will find that there are many subtle and not-so-subtle changes that lend specific detail and depth […]
Angels and Mermaids
Last November while I was on the West Coast, I walked to the beach one morning. It was a Fall morning of exquisite beauty. So pink the light, so glowing the sand, so utterly awesome. Still, it wasn’t only beauty that began to envelope me, it was a kind of sadness that I could nearly […]
Always Full, Always Empty
I’ve come to the beach for the weekend, a yearly ritual for me. When we arrived, the warmth of the coast and the tangle of trees is unexpectedly welcoming. I feel held and cosseted in a way that the mountains don’t offer. Mountain air is brisk and brilliant. The ocean air is insistent and accommodating. […]
