It was a squall, to be sure. Fast moving and furious, the rain came down in sheets seemingly AT you, filling the roads with rainwater that was easily ankle deep in minutes. The lightning in the sky above flashed through my windshield fantastically. I do love a good storm. It wasn’t safe to…
This week, during a busy-ish few days, I impulsively made an appointment at the local spa and gave my long-neglected toes a shiny new pedicure. For the last few months, I’ve been working my way through The Artist’s Way. For those of you who aren’t familiar, it’s a book written for writers, or any…
Upon arrival, we saw that the temazcaleros had not finished raising the fire. The rocks, about the size of our heads, were piled under tinder and bramble, absorbing biting heat that would eventually heat us beyond breathing inside the temazcal. Smoke rose slowly from the fire pit, newly scarring the lush green grass amid the…
Back in November, it was the Delta strand that took me down. I can’t remember if I wrote about it. Thoughts I may have felt inclined to share are likely not to have left my murky brain and the muddle it sat in for those few weeks of sluggish despondency and achy everything. …
This week I had much I planned to accomplish that went awry. My outreach was to focus on waiting, and the benefits that most of us impatient people (my hand shoots straight up) don’t often consider. But, irony of all ironies, I’ve come down with a summer cold this week. (Not Covid, although…
Let’s talk about the gulch. Specifically, let’s talk about the gulch, and how the lack of being present can drop us into said gulch. Lately, being present has been a personal focus of mine. Or trying to be present, I should confess. When I find moments of calm – a solitary beach walk,…
Dear everybody. Life feels more EXPENSIVE than ever. Basic groceries have spiked, and the cost of gas for our cars is stupid. Everything feels overpriced. And we don’t seem to be getting any pay raises, price, or tax cuts anytime soon. From here, the mental and emotional temperature of so many is feverish. Fingers…
Sometimes, an enigmatic sign from somewhere beyond is just what we need to lift us out of a low, lonely place and into hope. It was 3 weeks of traveling home to visit family. While every person I actually spent time with was lovely and personable, the US feels like a pretty dismal place…
The thing about siblings is that they know you for your (or their) entire life. They know you. They can read the unedited thoughts behind your facial expressions, predict your emotional reactions before you unleash them, and track the direction your mind will go when triggered. They know what those triggers are and see…
I’m writing this post from my sister’s kitchen in sunny (but still chilly) southern California. It’s a change from my usual coastal casa in Central America, but a trip back to the States has been long overdue. Since I was last here in 2019, there have been no less than 3 new babies born into…