Journal Entries, Reflections and Playing w/Fiction

  • Apples and Almond Butter😃

    What snack would you eat right now? Mmmm, Apples and almond butter sounds good about now…🍎 ~ Talented Artist Unknown ~ Read more

  • ~ Silence

    ~ Silence

    This reflection emerged as a quiet conversation that I had with David Whyte’s essay, Silence, from his book Consolations. My own essay, also called ~ Silence, was written by listening to the invitation, request and eventual emphatic need for the recovery found in silence. What follows is not about silence as an ideal (well..maybe a… Read more

  • Christmas

    Christmas

    A Doorway Half Open Christmas arrived suddenly. Before I knew it, one of my favorite holidays was here. Arriving soft, quiet, and very much present.. yet with hindsight, it poked at me days before its official arrival…Gnawing on those soft places. Each place, held a heartbeat of love. Deceased parents, long distant kids, a move Read more

  • Winter Solstice

    Winter Solstice

    There is a quiet stretch of days at the turning of the year, between the darkest night and the return of the light, when time seems to soften, and a hush comes over the earth. Particularly in the north where the beauty of the changing seasons offer their own reflections. Read more

  • A Winters Dream

    A Winters Dream

    The dream did not fade when I woke. It lingered like warmth in my bones, like the afterglow of a long walk completed just before nightfall. I rose slowly, carrying the dream with me, the house, the light, the knowing…as one carries a blessing received without words. Somewhere ahead, the path continues. Somewhere within, it… Read more

  • An Inheritance of Love

    An Inheritance of Love

    I arrived in Buffalo on a cold winter’s night, not late, but just in time.. “Leora’s time” as my mother use to say. “”You’ll be late to your own funeral” she would laugh as I’d walk in the door 2 hours after my expected ETA…..and I’d always reply “God willing”. Read more