Enamoured by wool and silk
Just a peek into what I’m up to these days. Along with the gorgeous variety in textures and colours available to touch, view and take home….. I’m enamoured by each of the gazillions of resources...
My personal stories.. words. some meaningful.. Mostly need saying.
It’s okay to be shy, to want to feel safe
PSA. It’s okay. ❤️ Healing from my head injury and post-concussion syndrome has given me many new insights and gifts. I’ve learned a lot about sensitivities, depression and anxiety in particular through 2 years of...
New moon in Leo, and Lughansdah or First Harvest Celebrations
Friday, August 2, 2019 12:10pm At home, having awakened from a long sleep since Monday evening, this morning out to the shops at 8am, coffee, fresh berries, vegetable stand, fish monger and home to write...
Film: Lost Road Nation
Some of my friends and family know the impact Stephen Jenkinson’s work has had on my life. His bestselling book “Die Wise” and earlier film about Stephen, “Griefwalker,” led me to study with the Conscious...
Permission to feel joy
What’s been bubbling up for me in the past couple of weeks is the notion that while so much shit is going on in the world, and especially as we watch (or experience!) cruelty at...
My father’s gift to me and my sister
Today, as I sit at my desk beneath the window of clear blue sky, I gently allow myself to drift towards gratitude. What am I grateful for? How can I be grateful for my own...
Strawberry Moon Time
Feeling the onset of this special Full Moon as we head into Midsummer next week. It feels like a raw knowingness, deeply grounded in my solar plexus, an opening of my throat chakra and supported...
An ode to my messy apartment
When cracked wide open, everything spills out An endless flowingness of pictures, mementos, vignettes, feelings The past is in crumpled pages on the floor, and yet New life emerges, and the violet needs watering Attempts...
Social anxiety and me
People who suffer from social anxiety actually do try hard to connect with others. Sometimes it takes a while to muster the courage, and then when they have the courage sometimes only a small peep...
To have faith… and coffee
In the wee hours of this glorious morning, before the early sun begins streaming through the sheers, I’m allowing my mind to wander toward what I might be doing to be of service in the...
I am, of all my mothers
This Mother’s Day, I’m thinking of my sister who warms my heart several times a week, and with whom I can be my truest self and share all my secrets; my first cousins who have...
Socializing as therapy
Minding my own business here in my apartment smack in the middle of Vancouver proper… doing more, bit by bit. Last week, I spent a couple of hours at the local second hand store chain...
All in context…
Minding my own business here in my apartment smack in the middle of Vancouver proper… doing more, bit by bit. Last week, I spent a couple of hours at the local second hand store chain...
Daily healing practice
Every day, I take a few minutes out to ground myself spiritually and emotionally. For me, this takes the form of Reiki practice self-healing. This helps me to clear out any negativity I may have...
Magical opening.. to feeling happy
Lately I’ve been thinking about this feeling happy stuff, and how hard it must be for those people, so many people in our society, facing significant challenges and pain. People who find the magical opening...
Breathing into springtime
The seemingly instant Spring weather this week on the West Coast Canada, along with the planetary changes (equinox, super full moon… not to forget Uranus is in Taurus now, Mercury (!), Neptune swimmingly close by,...
