This is so much truer than I ever thought.
Life can change in the blink of an eye.
Good choices
Bad choices
Unexpected happenstances
Or just choosing to change the lens you view the world through.
Today, I’m choosing a farm ripened organic strawberry len
They call it summer love
Sometimes you have to leave the dissonance behind and go searching for some beauty.
You can’t win wars without resting between battles
We are so busy forgiving everyone for everything.
Are we remembering to forgive ourselves?
Especially for things we didn’t know we didn’t know?
Happy Solstice
This fresh strawberry crumble is for all the single moms on Fathers Day.
My boys will tell you I was probably a better dad than I was a mom,
Thanks guys
It is in the small moments,
Blue skies, blooming roses,
Dark chocolate,
The gentle pat on the back from a friend,
Mixed with service to others, Monday morning blahs, and gut wrenching heartbreak that all come together to create a life of meaning and joy.
Oh, and fresh strawberries eaten in the sunshine
During an ice storm a few years ago a beautiful old weeping cherry fell over in the yard. I left the roots and fallen stump because there was beauty in the mossy bark and it was a perfect home for Buddha
Over the years the tree has started re-growing and the most amazing microcosm has formed. The leaves have aphids, which brings tiny black beetles who eat the aphids, which brings bushtits to eat the tiny beetles and aphids.
Bushtits are itty bitty little birds who happily twitter in the weeping cherry not a foot from my head and bring me great joy, for which I am grateful
If artists only showed their best art.
If singers only performed when their voices were sublime.
If pianists only went on stage when they had perfected their craft.
Sing, dance, make imperfect art.
Every.
Damn.
Day.
Start now.
We can all create beauty.
For ourselves and everyone who lost their way
Spring equinox is one of my favorite holidays.
Everyone I’ve loved who died did so during the winter. So for me the spring equinox truly marks the end of the season of darkness and brings me closer to the beautiful warmth of summer
This is a marathon not a sprint.
Recharge.
Find the light
We will survive,
The winter,
The current political situation,
The misogyny, xenophobia, hatred, racial bigotry and all the rest.
We shall overcome because there is no choice
