September 9, 2023 Thank God for fatigue and boredom, which see routes of escape away from quarrels, celebrations, events “everyone” likes, dead friendships… ~Hans Ostrom, Wisdom in Disguise   There’s probably an unwritten rule that people who are puttering along on an even keel aren’t supposed to express boredom. Bad form, old bean. You’ve got […]

August 26, 2023 You know what it feels like to hold a burning piece of paper… until all you’re holding is a curl of ash by its white ear tip yet the words still hover in the air? That’s how I feel now. ~Dean Young, Belief in Magic   A hurricane. An earthquake. A double […]

August 19, 2023 The great victory, which appears so simple today, was the result of a series of small victories that went unnoticed. ~ Paulo Coelho I’m having to seek tiny things to help me stay in equilibrium. Trudging through the minimum necessary in a day is worthy of a gold star. Remembering to smile […]

August 12, 2023 manifesting reality never felt this easy each day, a fresh page in the journal called life. ~Priya Verma, The Power of Manifestation   I see myself as a rather poor manifester. But I’m beginning to think I misunderstand what manifesting means. After all, what is it but attempting to create a desired […]

August 5, 2023 Life may not let me choose my lot, But whether I’d be happy or not… That is my choice. To leave hurtful memories behind Or allow them to bother my mind… To be bothered by all that people say Or ignore them and go my own way… The choice is mine. ~Abimbola […]

July 28, 2023 For days now a red-breasted bird has been trying to break in. She tests a low branch, violet blossoms swaying beside her, leaps into the air and flies straight at my window… What do I have that she could want enough to risk such failure, again and again? ~Dorianne Laux, Bird   […]

July 24, 2023 …Once when she was fabric shopping (bolt of green silk furled across her body) Garbo passed, and nodded… Of course she bought the cloth, but never sewed the dress… ~Lucia Perillo, The Garbo Cloth   Since my magical manifesting capabilities seem to be somewhat subpar, I’m increasingly drawn to little projects over […]

July 22, 2023 Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen Nobody knows my sorrow Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen Glory, Hallelujah ~Traditional Spiritual   Every time the much-beleaguered cat is afflicted with a new digestive upset…every time a tiff with a family member darkens the atmosphere…every time the bodily discomfort ratchets up…and especially when all […]

July 17, 2023 O my Luve is like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve is like the melody That’s sweetly played in tune. ~Robert Burns, A Red, Red Rose   Given the almost constant low level of irritation I experience, usually prompted by physical discomfort, any effort to feel […]

July 14, 2023 …Are we crowning into the sludge of an injury and its repair?… There is no subject on which so much has been written and so little known. ~Carrie Olivia Adams, The Pain Reliever   Yet another energetic healing possibility has crept over the horizon and given me a little finger wave. Yoo-hoo! […]

July 10, 2023 I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea, And the silence of the city when it pauses… And I ask:… Of what use is language? ~Edgar Lee Masters, Silence   Oh, how I crave silence. Mostly I wish my mind would be quiet. Perhaps because that is such […]

July 7, 2023 Tyger Tyger, burning bright… In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand, dare seize the fire? ~William Blake, The Tyger   It feels like I’ve inadvertently hooked into an underlying wrath permeating the world. The depth and intensity of […]

July 1, 2023 Darkness is not a death, does not obliterate, will not bury you or take your breath away… No, darkness is but a ghost of an idea, the least remembered, most estranged prayer, and your fear but a lingering, limbic fear torn from shreds of forgotten years. Only that much is clear. ~Alice […]