on relationships and christmas stockings

 #Reverb12, Day 8: Considering the idea that nothing lasts forever: what was the most important relationship that you fostered in 2012? How will you continue to nurture it in 2013?    I feel awkward around relationships.  I fumble around in them and hold them as I would a cumbersome cardboard…

welcome

 #Reverb12, Day 7: What’s the one thing you want to take with you into 2013?    In years past I have said I’d take my new-found laughter into the next year, or I would take my new-found appreciation for this or that. Those all remain true. I add to this…

swaying

#Reverb12, Day 1: How are you starting this last month of 2012? Take a moment, close your eyes, take a deep breath and ask yourself the question: how do you feel… in your body? in your mind? in your day job? in your creative life? in your heart? I will…

mourning and reflection

Our streetlights have dimmed a little tonight as we learned about a death in our family.  My husband’s great-uncle passed away this morning and we all feel the heaviness that comes with mourning.  It’s such a heavy blanket to pull over ourselves, an unwelcome one, and yet we do because…

Towards, Away, Still There

Rowing away — so tempting.  To just disappear from it all and leave everything behind.  But for all the rowing away from life, I would still be rowing towards something else. I’ve heard from countless people over the last few years that it is time to “move on” with my…