Several times yesterday my fingers hovered over the familiar if not worn keys on my laptop, ready to type F-A-C-E-B-O-O-K. I resisted. I felt a sense of drea...

The blue veins on the back of her hands looked like rubber bands that lay in the junk drawer. I could count her thin, corkscrews of hair one-by-one, if she'd...

I'm excited to announce a collaboration in 2020 with Potato Hill Farm: a Modern Folk School. Throughout the coming year, classes, workshops and retreats are ...

My husband and I have this old house, built in 1910. We often say that we are undoing the way it's been 'Home Depot-ed". When we bought the place over 2 year...

The only people who have known me longer than her are my family. So when she had told me that she would go on active duty to the middle east, worry consumed ...

This week I look forward to spending Saturday with old and new friends exploring spirituality through the writing process. Between now and then I am content ...

Monday we "put him down." Its Friday. Living without the click of his nails, The old man cough, a wrap-around hug at my knee. I miss him most at night. reach...

While watching an old western movie as a child, I learned what sanctuary meant. I went to church every day as a parochial school child and cared little about...

“Fiction is not a dream. Nor is it guesswork. It is imagining based on facts, and the facts must be accurate or the work of imagining will not stand up.” Mar...

Successful people don't just get through the dip, they lean into it.

"What do you do when the compressor goes out on your air conditioner on a holiday weekend..."

My spirit animals today, winged and otherwise, remind me that focus, confidence and self-love guide my work today. Little mirror balls hang

I am associated with the Conscious Living Center of Cincinnati, Ohio and provide articles on a regular basis regarding the benefit of writing. Here's my arti...

It didn't matter how many people showed up to celebrate my birthday when I was five, ten, thirteen; there was always something/someone missing. At thirty-nin...

A major focus of my business over the last six months has been on how I present myself to the world. Consciously putting images and messages out of an intell...

Over drinks with friends last night we commiserated. Jet-lag, no matter where you travel can be the worst. While I had flown east to west from Italy to Cinci...

Everywhere we went conversations started with "Allora." After thirteen days, many of us mimicked our Italian counterparts. So, (or 'Allora') it's no surprise...

Yesterday I gave some information to our Pilgrimage group about Saint Clare of Assisi. We often think of her as a meek, mild woman who went into a cloister a...

Climbing the stairs to my room at the hotel in Rome I pass a woman who smells like baby powder. I remember the soft cradle caps of my children. How appropria...

First news reports from Paris after the fire pictured the glow of the Cross. And, that is a truly astounding image, to be sure, especially during Holy Week. ...