Ideas & Insights

Forget about New Year’s Resolutions: Do this instead

We are coming upon the New Year 2019 - a time of beginning and all the attendant excitement of starting anew.   Many people will...

Late Fall Cooking Goodness

I love to cook in the late fall of November and December. It is the transition time of going into the cave of well-being, and...

May I, I am.

If you have studied any Self Help modality for healing or self compassion, inevitably “how to make an affirmation” will come up. How we direct...

You can come home now

Another shooting occurred. This time several days ago on February 14, 2018 at a Douglas High School in Florida. The conversations at the military gym...

On Taste (Part 1)

Most mornings when we get up, Robbie and I pay attention to the sounds around us. We name 5 things, taking into account the sounds...

6th Day of Yoga Meditation, Balance, Whidbey Island

Today was the last day of meditation here before we continue on on our journey in the U.S. National park system and the surrounding landscape....

Eating My Breakfast As I Walk

Eating my breakfast as I walk, plums and blackberries hang full and ripe along the roadside. An eagle appeared above as I approached the ocean,...

Balance in the San Juan’s of Puget Sound

Last year at this time my son and I were driving in the early morning hours through the caldera of Yellowstone, bubbling hot pots of...