“What do we wish for?
To be whole. To be complete.
Wildness reminds us what it means to be human,
what we are connected to rather than
what we are separate from.”
– Terry Tempest Williams
Recent Musings
Yellow Rose
Feminine power, focus, self love and freedom blossoming at the Crossroads
Crossroads: New Story of Self, New Map for the World
It is very windy today, the new green leaves shimmering with light, white blossoms cartwheeling along the street. The very air is heavy with fragrance of freesia, roses, orange blossoms, daffodils. The Earth herself celebrating this Earth Day, expressing her beautiful, bountiful self. The wind is almost like a roar, a call, and I am reminded of [...]
SHINE! WE ARE THE ONES, NOW IS THE TIME
Early this morning, I woke to the luminous full moon shining in my bedroom window. A circle of pinkish, pale green set it like a jewel, reflected in the feathery canopy of white clouds. My sleep interrupted, I was able to recall the last scene of dream I was having:A dark haired woman steps up to the microphone [...]
PrimeTime Revival
It is still summer, and in California we have a usually warm Indian summer to look forward to in September and October. Outside my window, tribes of red finches and swirls of hummingbirds zoom around my neighbor's bird feeders, dabble in the climbing jasmine, the tall tufts of scarlet penstemon. This is a time of abundance and creativity [...]
Lean In, Lean Back, Leap Beyond
My plan was to write a little review of Sheryl Sandberg's book Lean In:Women, Work, and the Will to Lead as a jumping off point to talk about feminine power and the urgent need for women's leadership in organizations, institutions, corporations. Well, right away you can tell I have big questions in mind. Too many for one blog. [...]