Note to self: Posting once a month is insufficient. But here's the news of the month ( Read more... )

This is an expansion of a comment I posted a little while ago on a friend's blog. I kept wanting to say, Great! Glad to see you're taking steps to lift your depression! Glad to see you bouncing back! Rah, rah! I kept noticing myself saying, Glad to see you getting out -- I'm getting out, but it isn't helping. Finally I noticed.

Seven days from now I ( Read more... )

 Today somebody asked me if I was offended with them. I had to think about that a moment, because yes, I was -- but I hadn't acknowledged it even to myself. Then I looked closer and realized that my internal reaction (you know, the one I hadn't noticed) was way out of proportion to the little thing they did that I found so obnoxious ( Read more... )

 Begin with the end in mind ( Read more... )

Wondering why I was having such a hard time choosing travel dates for the annual migration from the frozen North to warm water and the sailboat. As my resistance grew, some events occurred in the region of Central America where the boat now is, but Dear Husband found those in the category of "these things happen, even though tragic" and went ahead ( Read more... )

 We got up at 2 am to drive to the airport. "Be there two hours ahead," it says on the airline's website, so we dutifully pulled up out in front of the terminal at exactly 3:45 am. Dear Husband pulled his bags out of the trunk, handed me the winter jacket he won't need in the tropics, hugged me goodby and trudged into the airport. Where, as I had ( Read more... )

I promised a post for Blogging Against Disablism Day, and now I'm late -- Beltane celebrations distracted me. My excuse is that I've been starved for public ritual work for six months, so this weekend I sort of pigged out, dancing one Maypole and supporting another, plus the Full Moon. But that's no excuse.

This week I've been much more aware of ' ( Read more... )

Arrived home (New Jersey) Friday night about 11. That makes 16 hours travel on Friday plus 6 on Thursday. A good dinner and a comfortably plain hotel room didn't make the trip better, just less exhausting.

Since coming home I have:

Given Reiki to two new clients
Held a first meeting with folks who want to craft a custom ritual.
Unpacked everything ( Read more... )

Here I am again in Rio Dulce.

Lots is the same -- the beautiful river, the part about living close to nature. Wearing T- or tank-top and shorts, day after day. Never wanting jewelry or even a skirt.

Lots is different -- this time we're in a bungalow on stilts right at the water's edge, protected from direct sun by the jungle overhead; this time we're ( Read more... )

Here I am, two weeks past the vernal equinox, and once again noticing the great lift of energy I receive from watching the sun rise at a northern angle ... from seeing the daffodils emerge from woodland floor of last winter's fallen leaves ... from seeing the new chicks and the springtime blue of the sky ( Read more... )