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your daily rock : create a moment of glee

  “Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place. But there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around.”  -E.L. Konigsburg That little corner that keeps flapping around? That’s where the glee is. Not in the big moments, but in those tiny ones at the edges. You’re …

thinking thursday.

An abbreviated version of thinking thursday today… mind States of Union. Is girlhood under assault? body Did we need more proof that sexism and other -isms are alive and well? Gluten, gluten everywhere, and not a bite to eat. soul This looks like some serious soul food. Morality, my ass. …

your daily rock : i keep you in my heart

“i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)” -e.e. cummings When I traveled a lot (too much), Tess was young and bewildered, I know now, by my absences. The phrase we learned to say to each other was always this one: I keep you in my heart. It reminds …

poetry wednesday : let go, return

Let Go, Return This is the need, the deep necessity of every life: To scatter wide seed in many fields, But build one barn. This is our blunder, to have built Gilt shacks for every seed, And followed our sowing on fast anxious feet, Desiring to grind the farmost grain. …

your daily rock : read the signs

  “All you have to do is to pay attention; lessons always arrive when you are ready, and if you can read the signs, you will learn everything you need to know in order to take the next step.” -Paulo Coelho, The Zahir You know how sometimes when you’re speeding …

your daily rock : make many mistakes

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein Try something new today. Love,   (These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.

your daily rock : be passionate

  “As if you were on fire from within. The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”  -Pablo Neruda What makes you shine from the inside out? Spend more time near that fire. Love,   (These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.

sunday sounds.

“The decision to be positive is not one that disregards or belittles the sadness that exists; it is, rather, a conscious choice to focus on the good and to cultivate genuine happiness. Happiness is not a limited resource… and when we devote our energy and time to trivial matters and …

your daily rock : start seeing more

“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.” -Henry David Thoreau Today, see the color orange. See generosity. See the color of the sky. What do you notice in doing that? Love,   (These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.

the gray areas.

This is mesmerizing and beautiful and haunting and difficult all at the same time. And powerful. Let’s not forget powerful. Who is sane, and who is not, indeed.