A Different Kind of December Gifts… Mother nature has been giving us a different kind of December gifts this year. The weather continues to be unusually mild for Minnesota in December, with temperatures in the mid-40’s today and yesterday. The snow that fell earlier this week is rapidly melting. Lakes Read more…
A Beacon of Light Hearing dire projections about and now also seeing real impacts of climate change, has sometimes filled me with sadness for my children and grandchildren and all the people of the earth. Living in Minnesota and loving the trees, forests and lakes so well, I wonder Read more…
In past years I have done a personal gratitude project where I committed to myself to photograph at least one thing each day that I was grateful for during the month of November. This year I plan to commit to a 30-day practice during November but I’ve decided it will Read more…
Every once in a while the universe delivers a sudden wake-up call. This week the wake-up call was the sudden passing of a friend’s husband and soulmate, Steve. I’m not sure why this has rocked me so deeply. I feel regret for not taking the opportunity to get to know Read more…
Just returned from a lovely vacation in northern New Mexico. This was our home away from home while there. The owners lived in the 2-story left side of this adobe house, we occupied the single story right side of the house. The name of the place—Paradise Pond Casita—and it was Read more…