I’ve never been much of a sweet person. I’ve always craved a bitter taste, a salty taste, a spicy taste, even a sour taste over sweet, preferring BBQ to cake, bok choy with cilantro lime butter to ice cream. Lately, however, I am noticing an increased desire for sweet and I wonder about that. In […]
Fire and Essence
Pink Provocation
This spring the pinks have been making me crazy! Everywhere I look I see pink and just a few days ago I looked down to see some neon pink toes to add to the insanity. What is it about pink? Somehow it suggests a new born babe, a fresh start, an exciting moment. And you […]
Under Pressure
Finally, last Friday night, after 5 years of stalling, I took the 4th kyu test in the Japanese martial art of Aikido. I took the test for two reasons; friendship and beauty. My friends in the dojo were beginning to pressure me. I actually began to train in Aikido 7 years ago, shortly after I […]
On A Mission
Discovering A Mission I have been reluctant, some might even say phobic, about professing to a mission in my life and work. It scares me. I have commitment issues. I like change. I like flexibility. I like spontaneity. How do these things fit with a mission? Recently, one morning, I sat down and wrote: I […]
A Cranky, Fierce and Tender Spring
Spring is here in North Carolina. The delirious lime green leaves aren’t quite here yet, but the fragile tender air is. It is soft portentious air that generally leaves me feeling cranky. I want to slip back into the chair in the corner. I want it to be cold and rainy so I can stay […]
Reckoning with the Essence
It always happens this time of year; a slowing down, a reluctance to go out, a desire to drink endless cups of ginger tea and a compulsion to lie down whenever possible. This is both a time of great inspiration and great stillness in me. Contemplating what the previous year has wrought and what the […]
