Yearly Archives: 2011

Watching Time Flow By — And Flowing With It

Good Morning, God! I love sitting outside at twilight and watching the movement of both the Sun and the Moon. We go to this restaurant a day or two before the full moon because I also love going to bed

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Posted in Changing, hope, Hope as a gift from God, Transitions

Walking (slowly) in the Light

Good Morning, God! Yesterday I intended to jog around Kapiolani Park. I thought that after my 3.1 mile “Mango Days 5K” race on Sunday it would be doable. Not so, God. Although I did jog for a half-mile or so,

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Posted in a prayer for healing, a series of molts and upgrades, accepting my need for help, being repotted, Changing, exercising

Learning from Feedback — Am I Willing?

Good Morning, God! How do these pilots DO IT? How can they fly that close and that fast? No room for error there! Our Bodies and Minds have incredible abilities, God! Yesterday in Discover magazine I read an article that

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Posted in choices, Feedback, learning, Rethinking

Clouds in the Sky: Seeing things in Context

Good Morning, God! Yesterday was a bumper day for photos! I was at the Ala Moana Shopping Center taking photos in Neiman Marcus and the Apple Store.  Then in the evening my brother sent me a great photo of four

Posted in Enjoyment, JOY, reframing, seeing

Noticing a SLOWING DOWN into Relaxation

Good Morning, God! Last night at dinner, I suddenly became aware of eating more slowly. I could FEEL a SLOWNESS settling around me and in me. I was sort of startled, God. And then I realized I didn’t need to

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Posted in Forgiving, Thinking and Feeling, time

Sitting by Still Waters

Good Morning, God! I wish I could get Kit to go with me and have breakfast on the Marina. It’s only $2.99 so perhaps I could entice him. (Kit is very generous, God, but he is a practical Scot, so

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Posted in asking for help for myself, power and peace and gentleness, Prayer, Praying for our enemies, simple joys of daily life

A Special Thank You at the 2011 Mango Days Fun Run

Good Morning, God! Yesterday was the 9th running of the Mango Days Fun Run — a 5k fund raiser for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  Tina has played the bagpipes at all 9 runs and I have always enjoyed her

Posted in appreciation, gratitude, thankfulness

Off to the Mango Day’s Fun Run

Good Morning, God! In just a few minutes I shall be OFF to go to Patty’s Mango Days Fun Run. It starts at 6:30 but Kit will want me there earlier. I don’t blame him. Last year I forgot to

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Posted in daughters, Energy, Feeling our feelings

Transitions — Portals — and a Slower Kind of Useful

Good Morning, God! Aaaah!  A wonderful Surprise Retirement dinner last night! A room filled with friends saying good-bye. A marvelous memory to close a long and fruitful second career. Thank You, God! I chose this photo to evoke the sense

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Posted in gratitude, thankfulness

Good People and Children Who Need Hugs, and MORE

Good Morning, God! Imagine my surprise passing by a normally empty couch at Arcadia and seeing 61 Hug Me dolls. I stopped and asked the lovely woman standing by them, WHAT WERE THEY? She said they were going to the

Posted in a new view of Commons, healing, Hearts, LOVE, Our Extended Family - all creatures great and small

Blogs I Follow
Brené Brown

chatting and sometimes, listening

Rachel Naomi Remen

chatting and sometimes, listening

A Moment with God

chatting and sometimes, listening

Sacred Dance Guild Journal

Since 1958 articles by members & guests offer news about activities, history, Sacred Dance practices, profiles of Sacred Dancers, choreography, images & illustrations.

Victoria Paulsen

How to Step In -- Substitute Teaching

Brené Brown

chatting and sometimes, listening

Rachel Naomi Remen

chatting and sometimes, listening

A Moment with God

chatting and sometimes, listening

Sacred Dance Guild Journal

Since 1958 articles by members & guests offer news about activities, history, Sacred Dance practices, profiles of Sacred Dancers, choreography, images & illustrations.

Victoria Paulsen

How to Step In -- Substitute Teaching