Category: In the Moment

The earth’s stage at the start of the pandemic was a very different setting from what we know now. When folks started quietly slipping out of their homes to get a breath of fresh air in the spring of 2020, we were keenly in tune with both the fragility of life and the fear of … Continue reading The Beauty and Power of Balance

Let's widen the screen so we can widen our perspective. Beaver Island State Park, NY There is always more to the story... Keep looking; keep listening...

Be on the lookout for small moments… where the biggest differences are made. “Do small things…”   ~ from Nashoba graduation, 2021

The message to “be there” has been my companion  during the pandemic. That means quieting myself.  Whether seeking my own serenity or to better hear other, it is impossible to put a value on the art of presence. Houseboat community, Canadaigua Lake, NY Moments can easily be missed when bombarded by best intentions, opinions, perspectives  … Continue reading Be There.

Easter 2021… Who would have ever predicted LAST Easter when we were cautiously hopeful that we might "soon" be able to gather again for family holidays in a life fully lived, that a year later we would still be living the challenge. In our home, we decided to make our own traditions, so we planned … Continue reading Love and Wisdom Larger than Ours…

Recently I read a line in a journey book ~ “There is no path until we walk it.” ~M. Silf In sharing that line with my sister, she shared this story: I had a “path experience" this week. I had made a path through the snow to get to the birdfeeders. They needed refilling. I … Continue reading Finding Your Path…

This past week I had the opportunity to hike with my niece. We came upon these trees which caught our attention due to their parallel posture. It appeared that over time they must have been forced to bend as they did by some element in nature. We guessed it had been the wind or a … Continue reading Entangled

Let the journey BE our Bethlehem. Unable to find space to safely lay our weary bodies down, let us look to the abundance around and within, to know what we must do. Frustrated by the laws of the land, may we look inwardly with true humility, rather than outwardly with judgement, accepting the desert we … Continue reading Journey to HOPE…