Now
Birdy moment
In this house of wonderful tall windows, it can feel like living inside a snowglobe, only with cats and dust
Now
Invisible
Sometimes it seems I could be the only person on the planet. Stepping out on the deck past dusk, in
Now
Orb weavers
A week ago, a young man speaking of orb weavers in a deep ditch, hundreds of them, golden-yellow, their
Now
All the bears
Early morning, my husband half-waking out of sleep to tell me, “All the bears are dead.”
I’m a
Now
Birthday
Today I become the age that my mother was when she died.
Logically, I know it means nothing. We two,
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Despair
Despair is a kind of fire in the skin, that pink sheath stretched over the cheekbones, the red-rim at
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Invisible trail
Who are we when we write?
I’m in the last session of a brief writer’s workshop, a handful
Now
Pillow
My OwlMan, so depressed all day and almost no appetite at dinner.
Preparing the bed for him, I see the
Now
Endings
There is such weight in endings.
One year dissolves into another. Did I do enough in the year now gone?
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Wanting
Wanting. Is how we stay in this life. Wanting. Is the life force. Wanting, not out of lack, but fed
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Groundlings
Adding a piece of madrone to the woodstove, I notice an ad about Alzheimer’s playing during a break in
Session VII: Creating Your Becoming Promise
Because you bring to the world something only you can give
Session VI: Designing Your Emotional Flak Jacket
Assembling the mind-tools for resilience now and in the future
Session V: Taking your loved one with you
Keeping the one you love in your life through meaning-making
Session IV: The Power of Joy Habits
Leveraging habits that instill inner joy, well-being & focus
Session III: Practicing Fierce Empathy
Tenderness to you, then to others
Session II: Taking a Break From Grief With a Tiny Sensory Ritual
Returning to a forgotten self-support approach—sensory healing
Session I: Setting Your 'Feeling Intention'
Harness the thinking mind and the power of intentions
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