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Summer Solstice Yoga Class
Join me on Saturday June 22 at 1pm at the Barefoot Haven Yoga studio in Greendale WI for a 90 minute yoga class as we celebrate the...
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Jun 18, 20241 min read


Be My Garden Guest
Be my guest and tour my garden sanctuary on Saturday June 29 between 10am-2pm at 4827 S. 94th St, Greenfield. Totally free, but consider...
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Jun 11, 20242 min read


When something awesome changes...
“Everything is constantly changing; nothing remains the same.” Heraclitus, an ancient Greek philosopher, taught us that if there is one...
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May 16, 20245 min read


What is the kindest thing you can say about yourself?
What is the kindest thing you can say about yourself? This might seem like a banal question. But take a moment and dig into it....
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Apr 12, 20242 min read


Estrangement
What to do about running into a family member that you haven't had contact with in almost 20 years? I literally ran into my father at ...
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Feb 27, 20243 min read


Happy "Birth" day?
In January I turn a year older. Every year it happens. Whether I want it to or not. This year, I prefer another way of saluting my...
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Jan 22, 20242 min read


Winter Solstice
We are fast approaching the winter solstice on December 21. The Latin word "solstice" literally means "sun stands still" either at its...
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Dec 9, 20232 min read


A special place
On Sunday afternoon October 15, while driving home from church, I impulsively said to my husband, "There is a special place in the woods...
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Nov 11, 20232 min read


Sunflower Power
I want to be like this sunflower. This resilient beauty is growing in a slender crack in the gutter. Yes, right in a street corner in my...
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Oct 19, 20231 min read


Falling
Falling off a paddleboard may seem relatively harmless, but it taught me something about coping with life when it feels scary or...
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Sep 24, 20232 min read


Silence
I recently returned from a weekend of silence. I thought I had signed up for a meditation retreat at The Christine Center, located deep...
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Sep 9, 20233 min read


Gardening
Gardening is an endeavor of embracing opposites: Balancing the tension between allowing the sprawl and forcing the tame. Accepting the...
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Jun 21, 20231 min read


Do One Thing Really Well
Watch the movie "A Boy Called Sailboat" on Netflix and see the power of doing one heart-filled action really well! Sailboat learns to...
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May 25, 20232 min read


Letting Go
We hear it all the time---"Just let it go!" when a well-meaning someone is giving us advice on how to let go of a mistake, a missed...
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Apr 4, 20232 min read


Thoughts are Like Birds
Who hasn't had thoughts swirl around in our heads like a flock of those crazy birds that fly around in a pack, swooping and diving in the...
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Mar 7, 20232 min read


Sitting on the Couch with Discomfort
As spiritual teacher Pema Chödrön teaches us, one of the most important lessons in our spiritual journey is discovering that...
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Feb 5, 20232 min read


Goal vs Intention and 50 books in 2022
In early January 2022 I joined the Half Price Books challenge to read 50 books in 2022. Excited, I printed the record-keeping sheet they...
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Dec 5, 20223 min read


The Kindness of Strangers---Again!
A sudden and vicious flat tire on a sunny beautiful Friday morning at 9:30am was not the way I expected my Labor Day weekend to start. I...
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Oct 11, 20226 min read


The Philosophy I Live By: What We Do for One We Do for All
Never was I more convinced of this philosophy then when I recently stood in front of the crowd of runners and walkers at the start of the...
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Sep 16, 20222 min read


"Drive-by" Gardening
I do this every day. A few weeds pulled here as I walk to my car, a few there as I am taking out the garbage, a few more as I walk to...
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Jun 13, 20221 min read
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