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The Only Sin is Distance, Refusal

Jane Hirshfield's poem, "Salt Heart" hold the secret of living in true communion with all that is. - Pay attention. "I begin to believe t...

This Is Water

Driving to teach a yoga class one early Monday morning, I was searching my mind for some words of inspiration and wisdom for my class. I w...

You Can't Have It All by Barbara Ras

You Can't Have It All But you can have the fig tree and its fat leaves like clown hands gloved with green. You can have the touch of a s...

Tech Plus Art Equals Accessibility

When Technology meets Art, multiple doors are created. Art becomes accessible so all can enjoy and benefit, regardless of physical or eco...

Don't Wait for a Better Time! - Wonder

"Einstein wrote; There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a...

How I found a Soulmate and a 2019 New Year's Mantra

It started with an intention: "Begin again" It ended with a new soulmate and my 2019 mantra. My bedroom closet delivers an ongoing qualit...

A Brave And Startling Truth - Poem by Maya Angelou

We, this people, on a small and lonely planet Traveling through casual space Past aloof stars, across the way of indifferent suns To a...

Curiouser and curiouser!

Photo from Unsplash; photographer, Jeremy Thomas Curiouser and curiouser!' cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment sh...

The Marvels

Inspired by a touching visit to The Dennis Severs House, a living museum at 18 Folgate Street in the Spitalfields area of London; master ...

Wonderstruck

This week Wonderstruck entered my world like the bolt of lightening on its cover. It awakened a joy for reading that I have not felt sinc...

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