here are a few things filling up those little pockets….. all the goodness of the be present retreats 2012 calendar the part where i am teaching along with liz, susan woolridge ali edwards, jenna mcguiggan and mindy lacefield. well that part is pretty dang cool. this week i went along with clancymae for her college [...]

each morning we are born again. what we do today is what matters most.     :: buddha:: it has been an interesting couple of weeks…. but isn’t it always. the studio has a fresh coat of colors. the chicago renegade was finally checked off my happy list. clancyface tied for medalist for the county golf [...]

“When I was a boy, just about every summer we’d take a vacation. And you know, in 18 years, we never had fun.” ..clark griswold my so called sacred life. three little toad headed pixies, traipsing up the concrete – open air steps of the holiday inn. in tow, each carrying up there make shift [...]

‎”choose to be optimistic, it feels better.” – dalai lama today. today. today. today i choose to allow the word optimistic to swirl around my stubborn head. she knocks on my closed ears, gently singing….hello, i see you in there. too many days have been lost on silliness and empty thoughts that pierce through the [...]

one day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at the ankles. “mend my life!” each voice cried. but you didn’t stop. you knew what you had to do, [...]

my mala has arrived. i am so so excited to have this piece to add to a tiny little pocket of my crazy life. and saying that, i want this to fill up that tiny pocket and spill over to others. faith and spirituality has always been a rather interesting, confusing place in my life. i grew [...]