What to do when the world feels like it’s spinning out of contro...

November 13, 2025
out-of-control
I find it hard to cope when the world feels like it's out of control. Lately, I’ve had moments when it all just feels like too much. Maybe you have, too. The headlines keep coming, the pace of life doesn’t slow, and suddenly it feels as if the ground beneath us is tilting, shifting,...
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8 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Inspiration

Summer time, summer time, sum-sum-summer time

August 14, 2022
The end of summer is just around the corner and while I love the fall, I'm not letting go of summer time easily, how about you? Rebecca's not letting go easily,...
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7 Comments · Blog

Out of the darkness, into the light

August 10, 2022
out-of-the-darkness
I've spent too much of today thinking about someone who can't find their way out of the darkness. Their darkness. Oh, not really depression, although it may very well...
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8 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Blog, Inspiration, Soul School

Please don’t forget those who are suffering

August 10, 2022
grief-gift
Every so often I like to remind you what a lovely, thoughtful thing it is to gift someone who is suffering---and why not do that with one of our gentle, supportive...
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2 Comments · A Healing Spirit

Simple, summer meals

August 8, 2022
simple-summer-meals
As we wind our way toward the end of summer I was looking for some yummy lunch ideas. That inspired me to scroll back in my archives for recipes for simple summer...
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4 Comments · Recipes

Can you afford a pet?

August 2, 2022
afford-a-pet
I've been in animal rescue, fostered and I have had pets of my own, usually rescue pets, since 1973. Cats and dogs. I love them all. They add so much to our lives, don't...
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16 Comments · Blog, Dogs, Opinion

To medicate or not to medicate, that is the question

July 26, 2022
medicate
Should you medicate or should you not? That is the question. It's one some people ask, and others don't. It sounds easy, doesn't it? When something's wrong, take a...
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17 Comments · Blog, Opinion

What does it really mean to trust the Universe?

July 21, 2022
trust-the-universe
W We've all heard advice to just trust the Universe. Maybe we say that we do. But do we really? Or do we only as long as it gives us our heart's desire? What if...
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6 Comments · Blog

Do you “see color?” What does that really mean?

July 19, 2022
see-color
On a TV show the other night a woman claimed she did not "see color" and the people of color in the group went crazy because it sounded like she was invalidating their...
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14 Comments · Opinion

On this day, 50 years ago

July 15, 2022
50-years
It wasn't unusual 50 years ago to see this Oldsmobile Cutlass on the road. What is an Oldsmobile, you ask? It was a division of General Motors and its last car came...
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12 Comments · Blog, Inspiration, Soul School, Spirituality

How to make a cappuccino without the expensive equipment

July 13, 2022
cappucino
I love a good cappuccino. But I have no interest in buying expensive espresso-making equipment, taking up counter space with it OR taking it in and out of a...
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14 Comments · Blog

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