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My Role Model and her new iMac

Learning is hard work — But it is the hard work we were designed to do!

Posted in Curiosity, learning, role models

The Awesome Creativity of LIFE, but ARSENIC?

Good Morning, God! Aaah! Yet another scientific dogma SHATTERED! The building blocks of life were known to be: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous and sulfur. That was THAT! But a young NASA scientist, Felisa Wolfe-Simon, was fascinated at how crustaceans…

Posted in appreciation, Hearing, Life on other planets, respect, Rethinking

Optimism? — an interesting viewpoint

Good Morning, God! I’ve listened to this book. And it feels a bit like a kick in the head! WHACK! Things are getting BETTER! WHACK! WHACK! It’s odd, God. I have always thought of myself as a “biological optimist” —…

Posted in a hand up, meaningful work, rest, Rethinking

A View Through A New Window

Good Morning, God! Last month, friends and I were lunching at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Afterwards we looked around the gift shop. I was making my usual slow circuit of the room when I came to the far corner…

Posted in accepting my authority to set limits, seeing, the layers of life, Vantage Points

Pondering our Preset Boxes — and Poets

Are there OTHER ways of thinking about work and EARNING a living?

Posted in acknowledging another's existence, balancing free with supported, earning a living, Haves and Have Nots, healing

Reaching Out, Reaching Back — The Power of Forgiving

Good Morning God! Well, it is sort of the middle of my night, God. Kit has a staph infection on his lower left leg. It is responding to the antibiotic — THANK YOU, GOD! But he woke up with it…

Posted in a matter of scale, A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, accepting my need for help, being FORGIVEN by God, being together in a compassionate presence

Cowgirls, Climate Change, and Hope

Believing that there are “ways to adapt” is a key part of being fully human.

Posted in climate changes, hope, Hope as a gift from God, web of life

Raw Milk and rBGH: what’s healthy and what’s NOT

Good Morning, God! Should people be able to buy and consume raw milk? Or, do people need to be protected from possible germs? That is a legal and societal question and I am on the side of the FREE TO…

Posted in fears, freedom, health

Being Grateful as a Gift to Myself

Good Morning, God! I was just about to write some Thank You cards and letters when my eye was caught by an email titled “The Blessings of Gratitude.” It was an excerpt from the book All That Jesus Asks. I…

Posted in gratitude, growing toward up, Trusting God

A Door wide open — My Heart wide open?

The “price” of exclusivity is “A REDUCTION of REALITY, a SHRINKAGE of LIFE.”

Posted in an invitation to abundant life, doors and doorways, Ongoing Transformation

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