Think millefiori meets interplanetary/biologist/geologist/exquisitely talented glass artist!

So enjoy, find some ease, be a little mischievous. Be loose. Be silly.

Sometimes they fall on us--that's always fun--but they rarely land exactly where we think they will.

Anti-Anxiety Tool of the Week: Laugh and Smile Way back in the 1980s in his book, Anatomy of an Illness, Saturday Review editor and...

An infinite, cosmic web of interconnection, where every juncture of the threads is a jewel.

The best gifts, by far, are those in which both giver and receiver have great joy.

The tides of life and creative energy thrive in these liminal spaces, whether they are in the world, our hearts, or our relationships.

Puddle-wonderful: the unbuttoned delight--and the wistfulness--of early spring, in two poems and some photos.

But, oh! it was lovely Monday morning. The stillness. The simplicity. The muffled slowing down of the world.

In this "bleak midwinter" I am worried, feeling the cold, the loss of light and other losses, so I wanted to share a few holiday gifts.

The "sweet" in this bittersweet experience is made more heartbreakingly beautiful because we know it won't last.

Lawrence and I share a trait that has always been a gift to us, but has proven to be especially helpful during the pandemic--we are both…

It will, I hope, give joy, pleasure & sustenance to those who eat it, and become a vehicle of connection for all who share the meal.

Over the past week I stumbled across three short pieces of writing in different places. And noticed a few things that made me ponder...

The power, the sweat, the struggle, the elemental, primordial nature of birth. The incredible joy of new life when it is complete.

"Her purring rose like a hymn to home above the noise of the Great Storm-Cat. Such music had not reached his ears since the dawn of time."

When I looked at that piece of paper the next morning I saw the following: true gifts, humility, self-confidence, grandiosity. Ohhhh...

Anti-Anxiety Tool of the Week Hand to heart. This one is very simple. Just place your hand on your chest, slightly to the left of...