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The Sun
Dearest light, star and love on the other side of dark. calling to me spreading your warmth like a blanket across the morning fields. You are why I wade through endless cool shadows of flickering fingers, that tease me out of an unlit life and into your waiting arms. Finally, I can stop. and meet myself, right where I am, …
Come and Find Me World
Come and find me world, in your beautiful way. You will find me in a place unmade by humans. I will be waiting at the seashore, in the forest along the weathered path. You will recognize me, looking up at the sky, witnessing the slightest wind shift in the clouds birth a new painting. You will see me inside …
How to Invoke Your Muse
“Sing Heav’nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire “. (1.6-7) John Milton, Paradise Lost. This is a quote from the 1600’s epic poem, Paradise Lost, by John Milton. In these first lines, Milton is not only stating the theme for his very long poem, but he is also asking for heavenly guidance and inspiration. …
When Grace Comes
I’ve been reading John Milton’s Epic poem Paradise Lost for my English Lit class. Not sure if you remember this piece of literature from the 1600s but at first, I found it super hard to understand; in fact, I could not understand a single word of it. The final exam was based on this poem and was worth 30% of …
How to Grow Creativity
ALLOW PATHWAYS: We can’t grow flowers in the dead of winter. The same goes for our creativity. We need to create an environment inside of our minds that is lush, fertile and nourished so that new pathways can form and our brilliant new ideas have a place to grow roots and flourish. But first we need to empty out the …
Plant Energy
“Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness.” Eckhart Tolle Jade plants are one of my favorite plants. THIS jade plant is special, most likely because it was a gift from my son on Mother’s day one year. Jade …
Finding Our Voice Among the Trees
“We all need to find the time and place to exhale.” Have you checked out my story on Elephant Journal yet? It’s a 5 minute read. If you like it, please give me a heart on the story and share – here’s the link ELEPHANT JOURNAL
Little Sacred Plant Practice
Little Sacred Plant Practice Use this exercise as a way to discover presence. If you can’t go out in nature, bring a plant into your house. If you give attention to a plant, it will thrive. A plant is energy. A plant heals. Water it. Feed it. Talk to it. Become still in its presence and sense its aliveness. A plant …
Writing Tip
I gather words to use in my writing. I began a list in a book, that I like to call my ‘poem cupboard’. It is full of my favorite words I find along the way. When I am searching for a word to use in a poem -I open up my book and voila. Magic!!