As the leaves continue falling and the temperatures drop along with the leaves I am reluctantly saying goodbye to the warm half of the year in Minnesota. It’s always a bittersweet day when I switch from my summer wardrobe to my winter wardrobe. Yesterday I made the switch. All of Read more…
This morning I was sitting in the chair beside my bedroom window where I meditate. I had been checking emails on my phone before meditating with the Insight app and I looked up to see this view outside my window. My first thoughts were, “Oh no!!! Say it isn’t so!” Read more…
This morning I happened upon this Ted talk by Anne Lamott titled Twelve Truths I Learned from Life and Writing . It brightened my day (again, I’ve watched it before) because I agree with so many of her truths, especially the first one, that all truth is paradox. Really all Read more…
For most of my adult life I’ve had issues with my gut and for some reason this time of year is when I face the most difficulty.The past week has been challenging for me because of a flareup of these problems. I had forgotten how it saps my energy and Read more…
The leaves are falling quickly now and many of the trees whose beauty I cherished days ago are now bare. The river birch tree that we planted in the back yard turned golden on Saturday and today half of its leaves are on the ground. Seeing this and all of Read more…