At the beginning of the day, I found out that there was a mass shooting in Wilkinsburg, near my home. Instead of heading in to the office, I went to the Women and Girls Foundation’s Crossroads Conference and sat and listened to women speak candidly… Read More
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Appropriate Deaths
It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.
There’s wealth in endings.
I can see everything I am leaving behind before I step through the door into the next room – all the old comforts. But today is the day to turn fully toward the new, the day to step into the new. I don’t know what is on the other side of this door, but I do know that The Gift Must Move, that wealth is mobile, that abundance doesn’t stagnate. I am a facet of the Universe and thus, I am wealth and abundance, and I too must keep moving to keep the energy flowing.
I must trust enough to step through death into growth.
You Spin Me Right Round Baby

Image: Everywhere You Go, There You Are by Amoret
Raising the Dead
Powerful Magic: Simple Stuff
Want to work some powerful magic today? Ready? There is no right way or wrong way. There is just your way and my way and our way and their way. Can you respect your way of doing things, trusting your unique answers in the present… Read More
Thoughts on being a Yoda
I can’t remember where I first saw this, but I read somewhere that spiritual advisors have archetypes. For example, some are like Indiana Jones – they are going to grab you and take you on a mighty adventure. Specific to me: some advisors are like… Read More
The real writer is one who really writes.
I’m stretching myself again, writing poetry about the sea. A dear friend and I are committed to writing a poem related to that week’s prompt (issued on a Monday) and posting it (the following Sunday.) The point is to write whatever gets written. I love… Read More
Eat Your Way To Flawless Skin!!!
I open my Pinterest, a barrage of imagery, and am reminded that I can have great hair, learn 12 surprising remedies to add to my bath, save my daughter from an army of princesses, and eat my way to flawless skin. I already have great… Read More
Beautiful
Some rights reserved by _twig crooked: 1. : not straight Synonyms: bending, crazy, curled, curling, curved, curving, curvy, devious, serpentine, sinuous, tortuous, twisted, twisting, winding, windyAnd I’ve gotNo illusions about youAnd guess what?I never didAnd when I saidWhen I said I’ll take itI meant,I meant… Read More
Taking the Opportune Moments
As I get older, it is easier to do the right thing for the right reasons and harder to do the right thing for the wrong reasons. It’s just…life is too short to spend time caring more about how I’m perceived than how I’m feeling.… Read More