The smaller field shelter was a handy retreat when the heavens opened. I’d come out clothed for a sunny morning alpaca round. And the farmhouse was too far a dash. Standing here, looking at a different, more enclosed view, I wondered about the conversations we need but often avoid. Is it because we have a … Read more
What difference would it make if we saw the familiar with new eyes? I suspect that if we were open, it might change the story we tell ourselves about where we are and why we are here. Pause. See differently. Re-story 🌿
When the noise of the storm has died down, we are often left with an eerie silence. An emptiness that allows us to gather our meanings and turn them over in our hands. To see what is left of value. My friend Tracy Ingham, an emerging poet, recently wrote this beautiful piece on the shores … Read more
Touched by the edge, Storm Antoni left its mark in the valley. Yet whatever kind of storm we face, there is an after… AFTER THE STORM Don’t expect thingsto be the same.They can’t be,life has moved on.Loose rubbish,the detritus of years,has been swept away, and today is a new day.Find the beauty, unwrap the story. … Read more
A shift occurs when we cross a threshold. It’s both external and internal, though not always immediately apparent. Because our surroundings change, and so do we. And when boundaries are protected to define who belongs where – we also create a new story about who we are. So this is not a space for those … Read more
It’s about the ripples, not the splash. Changing the conversation for good by being the pebble in the pond. Interrupting the normal flow with a pause. Creating fresh sight with questions, not answers. Birthing new stories about how things are that shift how we talk. Together becoming the change we want to see. Welcome to … Read more
We can focus our eyes in a specific direction or even search for something particular. But that doesn’t mean we are seeing it. Seeing involves opening ourselves, not just our eyes. And the act of seeing, of engaging, changes us. Are we seeing, or are we just looking? Pause. See. Re-story.