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Liquid Power

July 18, 2013

Emerald was the color of the waters cascading across the falls, pure liquid power pouring from mother earth. We spoke of the majesty of the thunderous blows that fell from above to christen the river running below. Yet I found myself searching to connect with a far more elusive force that seemed to slip my […]

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Shifting Realities

October 14, 2012

Sedona has always been about shifting reality for me. My husband, Dennis and I started visiting Sedona in 1993 and have traveled there 15 times over the years since. During one such trip I wrote a poem about leaving all my former selves there. With every return to the magical land of red rocks, I […]

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The Journey

August 9, 2012

Eternity is in the understanding that little is more than enough – R. S. Thomas There were times in my life when I felt pushed to my limits, exhausted by the mental demands of working while managing motherhood. On some such occasions, brief wisps of a future life would arrive in my minds eye unbidden […]

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Spirit Of Peru

July 22, 2012

The Richness of Nature is My Inspiration – Claude Monet When I gazed into the eyes of Peruvians, I glimpsed a shared ancient kinship and touched a wellspring of the sacred. Travelling in a third world country, one would expect to see poverty. But poverty is a matter of perspective. If there was suffering, I did […]

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Painting The Sky

March 11, 2012

The body will again become restless Until your soul paints all its beauty Upon the sky. Don’t tell me, dear ones, That what Hafiz says is not true, For when the heart tastes its glorious destiny And you awake to our constant need For your love God’s lute will beg For your Hands. – The […]

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Higher Love

February 26, 2012

I’ve heard it told that fate is what befalls you and destiny is what you make of it.  When a friend of mine was abducted at knifepoint, her first reaction was to scream in terror. It was only when she thought of love for her daughter that the calm took over her heart. Her assailant […]

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