New and Improving! Yes, I am working on new and improving me, and often I am progressing well. I hope that is true for you, too. Today this New and Improving is also referring to my website. It is quite new and improving thanks to the crafty, talented work of my daughter, Grace, who Monty and I just visited in Chicago. So what's new? Under Events and Workshops you will find a tab ...
Wild flowers arrive. My healing room is complete. All I need is here. On June 13, 2016 I had total right hip replacement. I had been needing this surgery for a good while. The osteoarthritis in that hip had become "severe" and my physical mobility was tiny. Now on the healing side of things, I am understanding how much my emotional mobility and health was also affected by that ...
Today, May 18, 2016 at 3pm (ET), my work will be given the opportunity for a national forum thanks to the National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) here in the US. Last November they selected my presentation for a webinar entitled Your Healthy Self: Skills for Working with Codependent Behaviors. Those of you familiar with my work know that I created ...
A neighborhood dog barks in the distance as I re-visit that day. * Her name slipped out of my mouth like she is still here waiting at the door. * I realize you're still here and always will be. These grounds are your home. * ...
Haiku are an active current writing form for me. I am blessed with a number of them coming to me here-and-there. I have mentioned this in my blog before. I have decided to at least once-a-week post one or two haiku for you. In the same way that Instagram gives us an complete picture of a moment in time, haiku can do the same. So this is my version of an Instagram accounting. Each ...
I am glad that I send Christmas cards. Each year, though, I dread the work that I put into those cards. I can't just sign one and mail it. I want to pick a card that I think is right for the person(s) receiving the card and add at least some sort of special note on it with an update or personal comment to them. As the holidays go on and cards are sent and others ...
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