I’ve been thinking about what it means to be Alive Now, in this moment, longing for spring to arrive, waiting, wanting, wishing, dreaming of green things growing. Can I be content despite the continuing cold nights, barely warming days, frozen lakes and ponds, white covered ground? It seems that I Read more…
The first day of spring arrived and the ground was still covered with snow. But somehow, it feels different now, as if spring really is arriving. When I look out my bedroom window in the morning I can see that The Melt has begun. The surface of the snow looks Read more…
What is it that matters most in life? Is it what you do, who you are, how you are, what you create, what you know, how much stuff you have? The older I get the more I believe that what matters most is Simply Being Here, being present, open, and Read more…
It was cold outside yesterday (and again today)! So I decided to have A Learning/Playing Day in my home studio yesterday and today. Yesterday morning I made and edited photos of the flowers and cherry blossom twigs that I bought the day before at the greenhouse. As is often Read more…
It’s another rainy/sleety/snowy day in Minnesota. Instead of looking out my window at the weather today I decided that it was Time for a Bit of Spring Magic indoors, photographing flowers. So I went to the greenhouse to pick up a bouquet of flowers — I ended up splurging on Read more…