Jan 65 minSmall Seeds of Hope: A Short Cat-alogue of Playful PoemsI love to play with words & to read others who do that well. Here are three lighthearted--and cat-intense--poems. For fun!
Dec 16, 20202 minSmall Seeds of Hope: Cold and Starlight Turn to GoldIt is early morning winter, cold and starlight turn to gold. Slowly I awake to find you standing where I saw you last...
Nov 18, 20204 minSmall Seeds of Hope: Either/Or? Both/And?Anti-Anxiety Tool of the Week "I am alright right now." In this present moment, just as you are right now, are you okay? Reading this pos...
Oct 28, 20204 minSmall Seeds: Experimenting with Prayer and HopeWhy not participate in the Good Big Thing and then reach out from those places to join with those are living out grace?
Oct 21, 20204 minSmall Seeds of Hope: It's Amazing How Much How Little Will DoSometimes a tiny shift can solve a big problem...
Oct 14, 20203 minSmall Seeds of Hope: A Lighthearted Story...in Fifteen (Short) Stanzas And now for something completely different...a children's story, in verse, about a young girl and her great-grandmother. Just for fun.
Oct 7, 20203 minSmall Seeds of Hope: Breathe in BeautyBeauty is all around me--it hasn't gone away. The trees, the sky, a bird, an odd little insect. How to breathe in beauty & be in the world?
Sep 9, 20204 minSmall Seeds of Hope: A Tiny Toolkit of QuotationsQuotations, in a sense, are stories in miniature. Here are a few of my current favorites.
Aug 26, 20203 minSmall Seeds of Hope: ImperfectlyForgiving ourselves, we learn to forgive others. Allowing our own foibles we are, hopefully, more able to accept imperfection in others.
Jul 29, 20203 minSmall Seeds of Hope: God's Heartbeat? Today in my quiet time I found myself wondering about God's heartbeat. Maybe it was my breathing that started this line of thought...
Jul 8, 20201 minSitting still and allowing loveToday I want to share two poems that continue to touch me. Perhaps you can rest in the tenderness and freedom they offer?
May 27, 20203 minSmall Seeds of Hope: Take a Nap"You should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up inside of you until it touches everything..."
May 13, 20204 minAnti-Covidanxiety Toolkit #9We all need support to be brave, less anxious, to lean a little bit more into love. So I continue to share these little pieces of hope...
May 7, 20205 minAnti-Covidanxiety Toolkit #8What happens when someone tells you, "Don't think about that!" "That" being your current big problem or concern. It's like saying...
May 7, 20202 minAnti-Covidanxiety Toolkits: Lists of Tools Here is the list of all the tools in all the toolkits so far. Or consider it an atlas of maps. Take what you like and leave the rest!
Apr 15, 20204 minAnti-Covidanxiety Toolkit #5This toolkit is about slowing down...being kind to ourselves..relaxing... even having a little fun.
Apr 9, 20202 minMini Anti-Anxiety Toolkit: For Those with Little or No Time (to read or do)The most effective tools--all can either be done while doing something else or only take a few seconds.
Apr 8, 20206 minAnti-covidanxiety Toolkit #4I'm going to start with a confession this time. A couple of mornings ago...
Mar 31, 20207 minAnti-Covidanxiety Toolkit #3Here are a few more ways to dislodge that anxiety, melt it, shake it loose, or at least mute it down a little.
Mar 25, 20202 minNews from a Few Poems"It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there." William Carlos Williams