There are times in life where past – present – future seem to fuse into a dream, where memories bubble up like champagne – where wonder and vulnerability occupy the same oxygen, where tests of recall open both windows and wounds. Renewing...
ON THE FLYING SCOTSMAN TRAIN from London to Edinburgh in late June, there was never a dull moment with the church choir I was traveling with… especially on the train. I on the other hand was more introverted and easily drawn to the passing scenery. The further north...
Continued from PART 1 Soon after I returned from Eastern Europe in 1994, I traveled to Philadelphia, PA and toured the Masonic Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, which just “happened†to be located three blocks from my hotel. I did not know what a Grand Lodge was, nor...
Beltane Greetings! Better known as May Day to the broader world, & one of my favorite spokes of the Celtic Wheel of Life. Â In America, the night of April 30th passes unnoticed. And yet the festivals of the old Celtic world have marked the passage of...
[wpvideo vHMtrcjG] This refreshing moment is no accident… There is music in the wind… light in the clouds… and whispers in the trees. If you doubt it, you might miss feeling the gifts of the light, the music and the moment. Listen, Feel,...
The stone falls into the pond and the ripples radiate outward, both in space and time. Â And it is so with every action and ramification… including the GRAND OPENING of the new $12.5 million historical museum for San Felipe de Austin State Park. Forty...
What do you think of when someone says “There’s an elephant in the room� What does it describe?  Is it the feeling that there is something left unsaid or that there is blockage in the conversation flow due to unresolved issues? Does it stop the flow of...
There is super hero strength in KINDNESS. An authentic smile or a wise grin can expand goodness in unexpected ways…. surprising ways! Just imagine for a moment, that you are hiking along one of Sedona’s myriad trails. Perhaps the red canyon wall towers...
The complexities of keeping our eyes on the higher goals seem to grow with every sunrise these days. Â With the critical mass of humanity is beginning to rouse from its age old slumbers, civilization stands at the threshold of another crucial choice point. In...
Today’s readers need their literature to be relevant, and rightly so! I am often asked why did I choose such a seemingly remote time and place for a story. And the answer is fairly simple…. because the story  is relevant to present times. History may not be...
Anyone who has driven through  Sedona’s spectacular canyons and landscapes knows the glory of northern Arizona’s wilderness. But why do some of us keep returning again and again? Does it strike a chord like some etheric guitar string that calls us back?...
 Time flies when you’re living a full life, and it certainly took flight during the two years following my first trip abroad to Hungary. 1996 marked a decade of raising two young daughters, maintaining a household, and the lifestyle disciples of meditation,...
Have you ever heard someone say that ‘time is relative’, or that ‘time flies when you’re having fun’, or that ‘time drags by’ … or… ask ‘where has the time gone?’ Well, last weekend, my sweet husband and I attended a Chicago concert. It was...
What IS a mystic, anyway? Someone with an airy attitude? Maybe… or one who digs meditation? That’s one part of it…How about a worldview of oneness? …perceiving interconnectedness of sentience in all creation? And what about water? Mystics from earliest times...
