Imagine, if you will, that you are preparing to make a delicious soup or sauce that has been passed down from your grandparents, to your...

“This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.”  This is a quote attributed to Maya Angelou, an American poet, singer,...

I’m sure your days are strange, like mine. The seasons are changing and there are activities and events that have historically occurred...

All the craziness I think it’s safe to say you feel a bit out of sorts. The world has been turned upside down, shaken, and set up again...

As I sat down to write, my immediate response from my brain was – “but I have nothing to say!” This happens just about every time I...

Are you panicking yet? Do you ever feel like the world of consumerism thrives on us panicking from time to time? They know it’ll happen....

The Doors wrote a song in 1997 called “Light My Fire”. When I sat down to write, this is what came to mind. Maybe because I find myself...

You are outside and the wind is so strong, so mischievous in it’s tenacity that you feel your feet might actually leave the ground. You...

You are not alone. Have you heard that one before? Yah, me too. I know it is said with the best of intentions and that deep down I...

The mind interests me. What we seem to know about the mind is constantly being challenged. Here I’ve taken an article I found in the...

Imagine you are sitting at a table at your favorite restaurant or coffee shop and the waiter comes by and slips you a note with your meal...

This Japanese word (pronounced ick-ee-guy) is said to have been born out of the island of Okinawa and is your personal reason to get out...

I don’t know about you, but when I’m laughing – full out, hard core, belly-aching, gasping for air – laughing, the world pauses. I...

I really, really enjoy getting gifts for other people. However, there is one caveat to this endeavor that I covet. If I feel pressured...

Have you ever entered a space and felt a significant urge to get out of it as soon as possible? Or maybe you’ve visited a city or museum...

What is it that we are looking for each day? Searching, scouring the Earth for evidence, answers to the reason for our existence? If...

Today you woke up. I know you did because your eyes are open if you are reading this, which is a sure way of knowing you are awake –...

When photos were first taken there were only a few people that were really considered capable of this daunting task of photography. Over...

The calendar tells us it’s so! The first day of summer is upon us. Ahh – TAKE. IT. IN. I can still easily conjure up the winter we...

Life doles out events, circumstances, context in which we live our lives.  In order to adapt to our surroundings, we develop patterns and...