Creative Fire

Creativity is fire. There is a burning ember in each of us. This essential spark is alive, in some way big or small, in every heart. When we do things to fan this flame, it grows. When we give words to the things unspoken in our hearts, when we paint that leaf the...

Speak Your Truth

When I was young, I was painfully shy. I was quiet. Someone once asked my mother if I was mute! I remember always wanting to just melt into the background of whatever was around me. I wanted to disappear. If there was something that needed to be said, or something I...

Love

“My dear, find what you love and let it kill you.” -Bukowski There are so many ways to live. Why not live by letting the things dearest to you come ever closer into your heart? Why not open so wide that the whole world could live inside your chest? Why leave the...

Rivers

We are constantly unfolding. We are each eternal rivers. We flow and we flow and we flow. That is what we do. Sometimes the unfolding and the flowing is so fast we can see it very clearly. The riverbanks next to us rush by in a blur of colors and smells. Our insides...

Make Your Own Medicine Tree

Trees can hear us. They know we’re here. Especially in the winter, it’s tough to remember that these magnificent beings are still very much alive. They seem dead, dark, still. But they are most definitely awake, alive, and sensing all we do. I like to use trees for...

Birthday Web

I always do something special for my birthday. It’s a special time. It’s my personal new year, a time to reflect on what has passed this year, and plan for the next year. My birthday happens to be at the beginning of fall. This time of year also feels like...