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If you hang in there, things will (probably) work out

Lesson number two from my time in Italy: Things may not work out the way you wanted or expected, but hang in there – something will (probably) work out. Mick Jagger, of course, said it better. “You can’t always get what you want,But if you try sometimes, you just might find,You get what you need.” […]

The art of nothing-ing

September is here, school bells have rung, and I’m here with my first blog since leaving for Italy. I missed you even as I gained so much from the break. My time in Italy studying Transformative Arts was incredible, with so many learnings I could share. Rather than swamp you, I’ll just share one fundamental: […]

Finding human in a transactional world

I stood at the parking meter, fuming. I had just scored a parking place near the Seattle hospital where I planned to meet a friend. But as I tried to pay for parking, I saw the sign, “Pay by Phone Only.” Apparently, neither credit cards, dollar bills, nor coins (remember coins?) would do. I needed […]

STOP!

STOP!Fermati!Arrête !СТОП! STOP! is a good word to have in your pocket. It’s short, abrupt, and good in emergencies. When I ride my horse, we have a movement called the “half-halt.” It’s a movement to pause and re-balance–often taking only a second. It’s key to good dressage riding. I was I had a “half-halt” for […]

Brain still foggy? This can help.

It’s happening again—brain fog. I need to write things down to remember them. Then, I forget that I need to write things down. I can’t carry as many ideas or projects as I used to. Are these signs of aging? Late-onset adult ADHD? Or, another addled episode of Pandemic brain? I decided to check in with a […]

How to love what you don’t like (to do)

Doing what you love and loving what you do opens the door to more creativity, insight, and fun. But what happens when we need to do a task that we’re not in love with…like taxes. I’ve been having a ball recently with my creative work. Writing a lot. Dabbling in art. Singing as I go […]

Heat wave

  As the heat inched past 100 Our Northwest hubris We don’t need air conditioning, We can sit under trees Melted away. I couldn’t think Couldn’t write Wondered how people in the tropics Do anything at all. The birds slowed their singing The dogs stretched on the floor The horses, seeking shade, Looked at me As […]

Anxious in America

  Hopefully, the pandemic is receding and so, too, is the spike in national (and global) anxiety it provoked. I suspect, though, that some form of anxiety will stay with us, albeit in a more chronic rather than acute form. It may be the price of admission for the opportunity called modern life. Who knows […]

Are you feeling exhausted?

A second pandemic is sweeping the nation. I don’t know how contagious it is, but I know it’s spreading. Exhaustion. You recognize the symptoms. The big sigh after you hear that the pandemic may be going on for more months. Random thoughts like: “I’m tired,” or “It wasn’t supposed to be like this,” or “Enough […]

Honor Earth Day with delight for the small

      I woke up early on Earth Day to the song of a white crown sparrow. It seemed fitting that to honor something as big as Earth Day, I needed to start small. Listening to birdsong is like stepping into a land of wonder, a foreign world that I never really heard before […]

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