Pattern-Makers, Creative Hearts & Home

Pattern-Makers, Creative Hearts & Home

by | Creativity, Soul

Over the past week I’ve had conversations with a few of my very creative friends about how we create. What are the essential elements that support us in being creative in our daily lives? We are all creative. It’s in our spiritual DNA. So why do so many of...
Traveling Teeth Follow Rumors of Home…

Traveling Teeth Follow Rumors of Home…

by | Soul

A couple of weeks ago, I was at the dentist’s office for an annual checkup and cleaning. As the dentist examined my mouth, probing my gum line with the delicate precision of an ant in a sugar bowl, he said: “Your teeth are moving.” I mumbled:...
The Things That Scare You

The Things That Scare You

by | Poetry

Make a great circle a hundred feet around. Drop in it all the things that scare you. Fly into the air five hundred feet a thousand feet. Higher — ten thousand feet. Ten thousand feet. E x p a n d to fill the sky. Look down at your circle. How does the center...
Mr. Flu and Me: A Love Story

Mr. Flu and Me: A Love Story

by | Inner Journeys

For much of the past week I’ve been entertaining a ‘flu virus that finally brought me to my knees, or at least to my bed, on Sunday afternoon. I’ve felt it lurking about for quite some time — maybe three weeks now. It started when I woke up one...