November 2024 CARING FOR OURSELVES AND FOR EACH OTHER Well, it’s been quite a week. How are you caring for...
Most people I’ve talked to over the last week are holding some form of election anxiey. Whether you get in...
This time of year is always funny – It’s balmy and spring like one day, cold and blustery the next (or even within the same day)! But warmer days are coming – just around the corner. Spring is such a welcome time of year that begs for us to get...
LAST CALL FOR LATE WINTER/EARLY SPRING RETREAT WITH ERIN JOOSSE February 29th-March 3rd, Harmony Hill Retreat Center Kalyāṇa-mitta is a...
January 2024 Hello Source friends, I’m not a huge fan of New Year’s resolutions, but it is a natural time...
September 2023 I have been really enjoying the end of summer. Mine is a late August birthday, so I try to always make this time of year relaxing and slow. I spend time outside and in water, savoring the best of the Pacific Northwest in such a beautiful season. Recently,...
July 2023 “You do not have to do just one more thing before you will be worthy of the refuge...
April 2023 “This is one way of speaking about mindfulness, or being present: coming home to ourselves. When we bring...
February, 2023 “The heart opens. The heart closes. This is the systole and diastole of human life. We may imagine that we want our hearts to stay open, but full-hearted generosity – with others and with ourselves – is all-inclusive. It is not a command. It is an invitation...
January, 2023 In January, I usually write some version of my (gentle) rant against the “New Year, New You” marketing that...
November 2022 It’s a roller coaster, isn’t it – being alive during this time? It’s true that things...
October 2022 Recently I read 2 novels that were written since the start of the pandemic. I recommend both – The Sentence by Louise Erdrich, and Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout. Two very different books, both by Pulitzer prize winning authors, recreating the early days, months, and the...
