White Flowers
By Mary Oliver Last night in the fields I lay down in the darkness to think about death, but instead I fell asleep, as if in a vast and sloping room filled with those white flowers that open all summer, sticky and untidy, in the warm fields.…DetailsBe Who You’re Looking For
“All of my life I’ve been looking for someone who will….” It’s amazing how we can have such a detailed understanding of what it is we want from and in that certain someone in our lives, but when asked what we want from and for ourselves we draw a complete blank. …DetailsEmotional Competency
In this year of the goat the theme will be about being competent with our emotions. That has nothing to do with controlling them, repressing them, regulating them, or attempting to release them back into the wild. It’s about being fluent in them, competent to use them just as we’ve (hopefully) become competent at driving our vehicles, using cutlery, and texting (butt dialing not withstanding.) …DetailsWhew! We Made It!
The landing on this past year was a bit shaky but any one you can walk away from, right? From the year of the Horse to the year of the Goat we’re moving out of emotionally turbulent waters into the quieter passions.…DetailsAnd So It Begins…
Or not. It’s Friday, it’s a long weekend after a long weekend and the holidays have just happened and stuff. So take a moment to look at things a different way, hang out a bit, clear away the party debris. If you want to think heavy thoughts about where you’ve been and where you’re going, fine, just don’t work too hard at it. …Details