Do any of these sound familiar? — “The most difficult part of the onslaught of happy coupledom was that it prevented me from clinging to what had become my lifeline — lying to myself. I had become an expert at minimizing, rationalizing and pretending, but on Valentine’s Day I couldn’t deny that what I was seeing on…

Pollinate Sunday Sermon, 09.04.23 Blessed Sunday friends. It has been a while, hasn’t it? I hope the circle back finds you thriving. If it doesn’t, take comfort in the cycle of growth you are in, everything is changing and so will you. I was out in the garden yesterday morning…

Reflections on nature and love. — A giant garden orb spider web lays sprawled over a busted out window in my garage. When the sunlight hits it at just the right angle it illuminates the perfection and fragility of this spider’s home. This spider needs a home; something to capture nutrients for survival, and a place…

Humans need little acts of service to survive. — I’ve finally come to that point in my life when I’ve starting to write the ‘when I was a kid’ articles. It’s partly my age of course, but beyond that, so many aspects of life have radically shifted in fifty years. …

DAY 40 — Rule 40 A life without love is of no account. Don’t ask yourself what kind of love you should seek, spiritual or material, divine or mundane, Eastern or Western. Divisions only lead to more divisions. Love has no labels, no definitions. It is what it is, pure and simple. Love…

DAY 12 — As part of My Pagan Lent I decided to hand write some letters to friends. I’ve focused on those who don’t live near to me because if I were physically with them the most precious offering I could make to them would be my time. I would make that offering…

Day 8 — “Intellect and love are made of different materials. Intellect ties people in knots and risks nothing, but love dissolves all tangles and risks everything. Intellect is always cautious and advises, ‘Beware too much ecstasy’, whereas love says, ‘Oh, never mind! Take the plunge!’ Intellect does not easily break down, whereas…

Diving back into a cherished ritual of my childhood, as the woman I am today. — I started Catholic School pretty late in the game– 6th grade. Although I was born into Catholicism, my parents abrupt departure from their marriage at the same time I was supposed to be getting my first communion, at age seven, meant that I didn’t cross that important threshold and arrived…

Pollinate Sunday Sermon 2.5.23 Good Sunday my fellow seekers. I hope you are enjoying the full moon and that maybe it even gives you a trigger because I have something you can do with it. I recently experienced an abrupt ending to a relationship that was very centered in my…