“The closer we get to Samhain, (pronounced Sow’ ain) the thinner the veil between the worlds becomes: the worlds of seen and unseen, known and unknown, human and faerie, form and spirit, living and deceased.” – Tess Whitehurst We are entering the time of Samhain (Halloween), where death is acknowledged and even celebrated in its own, strange way. The ancient…
Last year, I read a wonderful article about a man who had placed a rotary phone on a tree in Olympia (Washington) Park along a hiking trail. A notice was posted by it encouraging hikers to share their grief into the phone (that wasn’t connected). The goal was to say the unsaid things to those loved ones who had passed….
Most of us expected that, by springtime this year, everything would return to “normal” – whatever normal is. But it has not and will not. No more business-as-usual as we can never return. Many of us find, through this time of the pandemic, that we are changing in ways both subtle and obvious. Take a look at what Carolyn Myss…
In a survey of 1000 people from all walks of life, 58% say that the pandemic has changed their way of life forever. Nearly three-quarters (72%) said that they still have hope for the future. I notice that I’m feeling subtly different over the last year. Perhaps, externally, those who know me will recognize nothing different other than a couple…
I can’t say that 2021 started off vigorously or with a bang. It has felt like some horror story dragging along slowly. I wound up feeling like we hadn’t really moved into a new year. Even now, there is unease about what lies ahead. Is some big plan bubbling under the surface for civil war? Will we be wearing masks…
I’m glad to see the backside of 2020, and I imagine you are, too. It’s time to look back with gratitude on the spiritual/emotional transformation we have attained, and then look forward to the new year and anticipate the transformation in consciousness it can bring. Last year seemed to engender a lot of desires for internal change, manifested externally in…