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In the first part of turning 59, I felt very lost. I felt like I needed to seriously “level up” in some way. I felt like I needed a...

I had ignored my mother’s advice and was dating a man more beautiful than me. It was 2000, I was recently divorced, in my 30’s, and...

My dad died in November. I got a new hip in January.  Then the holidays. It’s March, I’m in Mexico,with a full moon shining over the...

I wanted to do this show after going through a hard, dark couple of years. I lost a lover ,and my beloved godmother within months of...

Carolyn and I Wyoming 2002 In March of this year I got to go to Hawaii with one of my dearest friends, and creative soulmates. Carolyn...

I was listening to Glennon Doyle Melton's podcast this week with Cheryl Strayed. They were interviewing Cheryl about her new tv series...

“I make birds”…says the southern voice from across the room. I remember the first time I met Chris, and hearing her say this, as we went...

My friend David has been staying with me for the last three weeks. David is 72. He was my exhusband, Jamie’s art teacher in high school...

Anyone else feel like they’re clinging to a rocketship as it hurtles through space? Life feels like it’s moving so fast . I fell into...

December 29th 2021 Dear Ones, I woke this morning to a snowy Santa Fe. My bear hibernation instincts are in full swing. I am amazed over...

Dear Friends, Happy Spring to all of you. Here we are in April. Hurray. And phew. Winter felt a bit like moving through mud on my end,...

Grief is the chapter I would have skipped over before this year. If you skip over this blog post I completely understand, in fact I...

Dearest Friends, It’s August 2020, coming up on six months of shut down, shelter in place, quarantine… Last year I remember saying to...