Here we are, all at the starting line together. Hand in hand, promise within promise, we look forward to the possibilities that await us in this new year. We’ve all got a few things going for us, so let’s look at those quickly: We’re starting with a fresh slate. Forgive yourself of the shortfalls of [...]
Balance in the Braid: the Weave of Life, Love, and Home
A good friend of mine, whom I have not seen in many years, mentioned to me yesterday that my return to Baltimore was like coming back to reality. I understand her sentiment perfectly, as I have felt the resistance so many times to “return to reality” after a wonderful vacation. After all, the reasons why [...]
Remembering Emily, Still an Inspiration Five Years Later
Emily Davis was never a student of mine. I never even met her in all her young years as she changed the lives of so many while battling cancer. Yet, when she passed away five years ago on this day, I found myself mourning her death as if I had known her. But I did [...]
With Snow Comes Clarity
I don’t take these moments lightly. They are gifts to me, opportunities to see a little more clearly when the waters are muddied. And lately, I’ve allowed the waters to muddy to an unhealthy state. Schools throughout the region are closed today because of an impending snow storm that wouldn’t make most other states even [...]
addendum to my six people I’d like to meet
…and I think you’d like to meet her as well. Her name is Christine Kane, and she’s an inspiring artist who does a phenomenal job of keeping in touch with her fans and friends through her blog and through email. She’s a reminder to me of just how important it is to stay grounded in [...]
I’m Back (in black)
Greetings, all: First, let me thank all of you for your kind words, your emails, your cards, your everything. I am honored to know all of you, whether it be in person or online. All of you have made this passing much easier to bear, and I am very grateful. With each day that has [...]
On the Passing of My Mother
Eileen Westervelt, May 12, 1926 — May 17, 2007 I don’t think I have ever been so sad, yet so honored, in my life. The passing of my mother was not an immediate thing, nor was it ugly in any sense in these past two years that she battled cancer and lived more fully than [...]
finding the good
hello, all: whfere to begin. . . . I’m listening to the LOVE soundtrack from Cirque de Soleil show featuring the remixed work of the Beatles. I’m in my classroom still, as I have not yet had the chance to set up my little e-world in my office in our new home. It would be [...]
What makes me happy?
I’ll tell you what makes me happy (Lush lovers, please pardon the steal of this happy, happy phrase): Finding another small, small, nature-lovin’, happy hippy kind of home business that compliments Lush products, which i have fallen madly in love with over the past month or so. Enter Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. Never before have [...]
The Death of Jenn See Illuminates the Evolution of Love
to a mix of 127 JT songs… I did not know Jenn See. She died at such a young age from an apparent heart aneurysm just a day or so after returning from Bonnaroo. I learned of her death rather serendipitously following the links of one commenter, Carl V., who stopped by Janet’s site and [...]
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