Unplugged

November 10, 2011
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  I can no longer recall precisely when technology took over my life, only that every day, no matter what continent I am on, I check e-mail. My out of office response is set before vacation but I never truly abandon my Blackberry; I check in anyway. My in box follows me everywhere I go […]

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The Tipping Point

October 29, 2011

  My life is looking more like a microcosm of the world at large these days. I have reached a tipping point and my old paradigm is being pulled out from underneath me before the new one has become firmly in place. I have spent the past two years preaching about “resting,” but was recently […]

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Leave Some Space within the Lines of Life

September 21, 2011
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Some call it “being in the zone,” others enter a magical state of mind dubbed “the flow.” My writing mentor, Janet Conner teaches a class called “Plug In” crafting connections between writers and divine inspiration. There is a power and beauty that can only be accessed when ones focus shifts from a place of effort […]

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Tasting Versus Tasking

August 24, 2011
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Lately my eating habits have come under scrutiny. As a general rule, I don’t do diets. This however, does not deter me from accumulating diet books. In fact, I have become an inveterate collector with a full blown penchant for picking up any story supporting weight loss. My recent reads include Health Bliss by Susan […]

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Praying for Rain

August 12, 2011
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We are in the midst of an unprecedented drought in Texas. The plants in my small plot of land are parched and I am praying for rain. Why is Mother Nature so  unwilling to nurture herself? I ponder whether our harsh thoughts, words and  emotions contribute to brittle realities that have spread to cause the dry […]

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Energy Is The New Cash

August 4, 2011
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Have you noticed that the world is shifting? The previous paradigm promoted accumulating money, material possessions and building a life from the outside in. We may be in the throes of letting go of these old patterns.

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Living My Message of Rest

July 23, 2011
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It’s my Birthday month, marking the beginning of my 57th year. What better way to celebrate  than to christen my first blog. My challenge these days is to live my message of “permission to rest” – I have written a book by the same title. For this piece of life, I must give up resisting, judging or […]

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Permission to Rest Video

July 22, 2011
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Bike Ride at Sunset

June 30, 2011
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Today I was transported to the ends of the earth and back on the wings of the wind. Riding my leisure bike at sunset, I found myself searching for adjectives to describe the color show peeking through the tree tops. Clouds surrounded with sparkling silver had mystical pinks swirling about their edges. As I glided by, my […]

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Life at a Slower Pace

June 23, 2011
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This morning I opened the newspaper to the comics. This is not the usual course of action for me to begin my day but a cute one in the corner of the page caught my eye.  In the center of a circle drawn around the image was a turtle. His tiny brown head and feet […]

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