Tag Archives: inspiration

The world’s best journal

Posted on January 31, 2017 by

I swear you will not regret starting this journal. Way back in 2006 I bought a small wire-bound journal with penned indecipherable cursive writing atop its ivory cover. Barry and I had experienced too many conversations that went like this: … Continue reading →

Posted in January 2017 | Tagged , , , , , | 23 Comments

Living as gift

Posted on July 26, 2016 by

I have been pondering the act of giving, and how we can live more as a gift to ourselves and others.  Instead of living in the commodity mode of exchange our culture fosters, how can I give of myself more … Continue reading →

Posted in July 2016 | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 61 Comments

Oh the flow…

Posted on May 21, 2016 by

I recently returned home to the Upper Peninsula after a week-long visit with my mom in the Thumb of Michigan.  It’s a 550 mile drive from the western U.P. through the sands of the eastern U.P. through breaking-into-spring greens in … Continue reading →

Posted in May 2016 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 76 Comments

Delightful Unexpected Flow…

Posted on May 1, 2016 by

My goodness, it has felt like one of the most flowing precious weeks here in this Little House in the Big Woods. Last Sunday I wrote a blog about Unexpected Inspiration and started a daily practice of intending and paying … Continue reading →

Posted in May 2016, Unexpected | Tagged , , , , , , | 59 Comments

“I’m scared,” said Goldilocks to the Three Little Bears

Posted on April 28, 2016 by

On Sunday I wrote about cultivating the unexpected, about Elizabeth Gilbert’s book BIG MAGIC and about courting a life that refuses to stay in ho-hum ruts. Inspiration begged me to start a daily journal recording Unexpected Happenings during each day. … Continue reading →

Posted in April, 2016, Unexpected | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 45 Comments

Unexpected inspiration

Posted on April 24, 2016 by

OK, dear blog readers, inspiration hath struck like lightning in the rain.  I am tingling with the sense of new possibilities, new directions, new visions. Would you like to tingle, too?  For those who haven’t already–pick up a copy of … Continue reading →

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Icicles, Mist, and the Road Less Traveled

Posted on April 9, 2016 by

When mist rises from ice-melting rivers and streams, magic ensues. When ice dresses branches and twigs, the world is transformed for an instant, an hour, a brief respite. Winter yawns, thinking it might stretch out another month or two here … Continue reading →

Posted in April, 2016 | Tagged , , , , , , | 24 Comments