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Shift Happens

Hi, everyone! Feeling my way back to the blog. It’s funny how there are moments (years) in life when I feel completely underwater with everything I have to do. And others (moments) when I feel like I have reserves of energy and I get more done than I thought possible. These shifts in life are […]

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“You are a holy vessel, the Holy Grail, a sacred chalice.”

When I read these words this week, I felt two sides of me react simultaneously.   “Yes!” the Warrior Goddess in training said. My child just rolled her eyes.  “Yeah, right!” was the implied response. Today I’m leaning a bit more toward my WG self.  But there are days, weeks, longer even, when I am […]

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Returning

It has been a long time since I have posted anything. I had a hard time writing for the last four years. I felt so weighed down by grief, the cruelty of people, and then Covid. But I am feeling the urge, again, finally, to return to writing and expressing. I’d like to start out […]

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Penn Cove Musings

In the unstillness of nature, I find peace.  In the maps on her bak, I sometimes find my way.  Other times, the wind laughs, the maps reform as mazes, and I am blissfully lost.

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Shell Shocked

The whole world is reeling, or it should be, from the school shooting that took place on Valentine’s Day, 2018.  17 people died in the Parkland, Florida shooting, 14 students, mostly 9th graders, and three teachers, each of whom was rushing to help or actually shielding kids from bullets with their own body.  It was […]

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In Praise of Another Mid-Life Crisis

In June, I went through a mid-life crisis. There was no ridiculous sports cars. I didn’t leave my partner for someone younger. But I did experience all the symptoms of restlessness and anxiety. And it wasn’t the first time. What used to simply be called a mid-life crisis, has matured to a “mid-life crisis of identity.” On […]

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