Greetings All, On the cusp of the new year, I’d like to send my heartfelt gratitude for your presence in 2010. I’ve had such rich experiences and met so many wonderful people in 2010, my heart is swelling with gratitude and love. Thank you. I am closing comments for this post, but I invite you…
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Getting Personal: Evolving Wellness
Hello and g’day! Today I’m keeping this post short and sweet because I’m hanging out with Evita Ochel in a lounge chair over at one of her sites: Evolving Wellness. Evita also writes for and produces Evolving Scenes and Evolving Beings; I adore all three sites and I suggest you check them out if you…
Three tips for writing, loving, meeting mermaids, and more
{Reading time: ~6 minutes} Having been named one the top ten personal development blogs by someone I admire, Annabel Candy of Get in the Hot Spot (thanks Annabel!), I suppose it’s time I acknowledge that many of my posts could fall into the personal development space. I blog about writing, creativity, fitness, wellness, storytelling, leadership,…
Front Porch: A Gown, a Glove, Bongos, and a Vacuum with Jannie Funster
If you follow this blog, you know I host the Front Porch, a JBN series about everyday stories—just stories friends exchange on front porches, back yards, or in break rooms in snippets during our days. Today I’m excited to share laughter with my blogger buddy Jannie Funster. When Jannie was born the mold was broken….
Chocolate Truffles, A Fine Wine, and Melting Butter
Happy day everyone. Tomorrow Jannie Funster will be here on the Front Porch if you’d like to say hello. In the mean time, I thought I’d share this ditty with you. I happened upon a comment yesterday and the last line stuck in my mind like glue. I can’t stop thinking about it so I…
The Jurassic Flower
Greetings. A big summer day is brewing—the sun is high in the sky. I love summer. My hubs often says I’m solar powered. While grabbing some rays, I recently photographed this grapefruit-sized flower high up on a trellis. I love its “Jurassic” nature. Apologies, I have no idea of the name of this flower (if…
Living Tides
Life models many aspects of nature, don’t you think? This week has been marked by some extremely high tides and, in concert, I felt tides rising around me: My good friend found out she is faced with some severe health problems. I received word that my family’s farm in the Midwest was pummeled with grapefruit-sized…
Nature is Music
Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions. ~Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825 – 1921) I happened across this video a few days ago and I couldn’t help but to post it. Nature and music, combined, embodies nirvana. I hope you enjoy this video as much as I do. The…