Blog Archives

Procrustean beds and “home furnishings”

Good Morning, God! I’m up early — thinking about beds. Our main guest bed is about 45 years old and we HAVE gotten a memory foam cover for it. BUT, Kit’s brother called me in after his first night’s visit

Posted in adjusting, becoming the change I wish to see, being together in a compassionate presence, courage to see myself, Expand my Heart

The Sugar Snake and Me

Seeing the “Sugar Snake” as part of my Reptilian Brain

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Posted in authority over my life, being a Slow Learner, courage to see myself, family visits, Help me to see, images, interspecies contact, Mistakes, processing on deeper levels, Queen of my Life

So Great a Cloud of Witnesses

Good Morning God, Today is Labor Day — a day of rest — and yes, I confess I WAS going to drive in and work. How easy it is to get addicted to useful. A friend sent me a prayer,

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Posted in being together in a compassionate presence, breathing in Your Spirit, busy as an attack strategy, compassion to care for myself, confession, courage to see myself

On the unexpected joy of being corrected

Good Morning, God! I must say that Google is an amazing help to bad spellers — that being me. I use Google instead of a dictionary because in a dictionary — if you have the second and fourth letters WRONG

Posted in a hand up, a series of molts and upgrades, choosing HARD, courage to see myself, Help me to see

Rethinking Diabetes — What? Me, A Lemming?

Good Morning, God, Yesterday I was lying around reading an old Discover Magazine when what should I come across but an article by Dan Hurley (himself a Type 1 diabetic) called Child’s Plague. I devoured it! Thank You, God, we

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Posted in accepting my ability to REDESIGN, accepting my authority to set limits, adjusting, courage to see myself, Discernment

The Lusitania and Sinking My Old Mental Maps

Good Day, God! Oh sigh, O DRAT! It is alway discomfiting, God, to have to rewrite history as I learned it. The Lusitania was sort of a sailing Pearl Harbor, circa 1915. Great Britain was in what was know as

Posted in accepting my need for help, asking for help for myself, becoming the change I wish to see, being together in a compassionate presence, choosing HARD, courage to see myself, growing toward up, perspectives, processing on deeper levels, systematic rebuilding required

The Getty Center and Gifts

Thank YOU, God, for yesterday!  A day of lows — of being real — that led me to a higher level of understanding of my oldest daughter. And, what could better express that than being at the Getty Center —

Posted in accepting gifts sight unseen, courage to see myself, daughters, Introverts, The gift to SEE others

Tsunamis and Thanksgivings

THANK YOU,GOD, THANK YOU! This morning is a quiet, rainy, Sabbath Day — and our home is still here.  In fact, the bath tub is still filled with water — to be used if the water system was shut off

Posted in becoming the change I wish to see, Centering Prayer, courage to see myself, God's Provision, gratitude, Help me to see, sabbath dreaming, thankfulness, Thanksgiving!

Charging Elephants and small snakelike fears

Good Morning, God. When this elephant charged our Land Rover I was TERRIFIED!  I was sitting in the back — therefore the CLOSEST. There were 2 or 3 seconds in which he was gaining on us — LONG SECONDS —

Posted in acknowledging my need for prayer, authority over my life, courage to see myself, finding hidden fears, small hidden fears

My Ferris Wheel Life

Good Morning, God.  It’s Monday and the cycle of the week begins.  Around and around go the days of the week — structured and predictable — yet still managing to hold surprises.  Ours to fill, or leave open and even

Posted in adoring Easy, courage to see myself, Risky living with the Holy Spirit

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