In one of my last pieces, I wrote about working in Development, and I wrote, “That’s probably a longer post for another time, but in essence for me at least, it’s the difference between transactions and transformations.” You can easily find more expert opinions about this if you Google it…

Written in 2016. Reflecting on this and have some thoughts for later in the week When I was in my early 20’s I worked for a naturopathic college in Seattle, Bastyr University. I worked in adminissions, an entry level job, and one of my tasks was to listen to the…

My friend Kristan shared this recipe with me, from the book “The Best of Italy-A Cookbook” and frankly, she sent it to me in a note-card format via email, so I have no idea if the text is lifted directly from the book, or if she’s added in text of…

Maybe it’s the current state of affairs, or maybe it’s that I’ve never been a great sleeper…or maybe I was before I had kids (hormonal disruption of a high order leading to hyper-vigilence) or menopause (hormonal disruption of the HIGHEST order which basically has meant I stir at the slightest…

Covid. We’ve known about and have been under threat of it for two years now. Living with it, like really living day to day with the knowledge it’s here (in my region at least) since mid March. I, to my knowledge, haven’t gotten it, though I am suspicious that a…

de·vel·op·ment /dəˈveləpmənt noun: development 1. the process of developing or being developed. “she traces the development of the novel A specified state of growth or advancement. “the wings attain their full development several hours after birth” I took my youngest son with me to see the closing night’s performance of…

#UnitedforEquity #UWJACKSON United Way of Jackson County is joining with many other groups and organizations around the community, region and country in the 21-Day Equity Challenge. And you can be part of it all! Take the pre-survey and challenge yourself to read, listen, watch and reflect for the next 21…

We humans are superstitious, magical thinking kind of creatures, aren’t we? Each New Year’s Eve, I pull together a wide variety of little rituals to face the new year, and on the 1st of January, I make a traditional set of foods (from my southern homeland), and I even have…

Morning Quote: Thomas Merton-”“Do not depend on the hope of results…you may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless and even achieve no result at all, if not perhaps results opposite to what you expect. As you get used to this idea, you start more…