When I sit down to read these days, I love to drink a cup of tea. Preferably one from a growing stash of beautiful vintage cups I have collected including a saucer. It makes me feel special and sets the mood. The one in the photo above was recently acquired from an estate sale. I […]
Sitting at a tiny corner table with a view of the cobbled street enveloping us on each side, I looked across at my mother’s downturned face. She was fussing with the perfectly pressed cloth napkin in her lap, cleaning her glasses in preparation for reading the French menu in front of her for the last […]
I’ve got you – a love poem for friends I want to tell you about how I love you. Like the little girl who whispers her longings to her cat and she mews back – “I love you too.” I want to tell you about how I need you. Like the wind softening the rays […]
Memories As humans, we spend our entire lives building a life of memories. To look back on them someday with pride, joy and sometimes regret is an honor and a privilege. Special moments that sustain us in hard times sit alongside difficult ones we may choose to forget. We celebrate firsts and lasts of all […]
The unsuspecting gray morning woke, then nestled into her blanket of early spring fog hoping for no more or no less than yesterday. The sun was hidden. She could sleep in. Morning wants nothing. Asks for nothing. Expects nothing from the world. She only exists as she has for millennia, day after day. Showing up […]
It all began in 2002 when I turned 40. Some of you know the rest. Some of you don’t. But I have had a love affair with Paris and French arts and culture from as far back as I can remember. My mom knew that. And so, for my 40th birthday she took me there. […]
May Day Each day is literally a 24 hour process of wake, live, sleep, repeat. This feeling can be a grind of repetition and apathy or a place of growth and joy. We decide. We can just exist here on this earth or we can choose to shine. I try hard to choose the latter. […]
The human condition: vulnerable, poignant and delightfully, necessarily messy. I saw a new book on a morning show last week called Bittersweet by Susan Cain – How sorrow and longing make us whole. I hadn’t yet read her book Quiet – but it was on my radar. I listened intently to her description of the […]
Cultivating a more inspired, artistic life… Below you will find six suggestions to help you along the path of inspiration, creativity, and purpose. Along with yoga, I strive to practice these intentions every day in my creative work, my personal development, and my life in general. I hope you will find them helpful and inspiring […]
Although the two things I love and practice most (Art and Yoga) don’t often intersect without intention, their special connection for me can’t be denied. I welcome their persistence, vying for my time and energy as they play so nicely off each other. A unifying purpose often comes into focus in these two realms for […]
