imagination & magic Come on a walk with me? As we stroll down a wide, dusty, quiet path in the woods, a smaller path veers off to the right and downhill toward the creek. Edges of the narrow path bristle with tall grasses and leggy flowers, and this route...
let’s go forest bathing (without a forest) Let me tell you a story about how (with no idea at the time of what it was called), I was forest bathing before forest bathing was cool. At the small college I went to in — well, a long time ago — I was fortunate...
12 ways to find bliss in the everyday Feeling overly busy? Stressed? A little too aware of the state of the world? Even if you have NO time to spare, let’s make a pact to take a few minutes today (and tomorrow and the next day) to revel in in simple pleasures and cozy...
how to feel like a book-crazy kid again Some of my favorite, most peaceful, childhood memories involve books and reading. I can remember reading Little House on the Prairie while lying in bed on an unusually beautiful fall day, a warm breeze blowing in through the...
coming full circle (or: write what you know) If you (like me) have spent any amount of time trying to “fit in” and/or feeling like you ought to be embarrassed by — or “grow out of” — your interests, your collections of tiny things, or your belief in the very magic we...
