The winner of my random drawing this week is Christine Eleanor Merritt, who also happens to be a friend of mine here in Seattle. Christine is a poet, spiritual director, and labyrinth facilitator and we were in a writing group together for several months (in which at varying times we had a total of four different Christines […]

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I am so delighted that my new reflective art journal Callings arrived today at my door, a day earlier than I expected (plus the holiday cards I had printed with my images which you can see here also).  I have been a busy little elf addressing envelopes to all of my wonderful subscribers and new orders, plus […]

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The Road
Here is the road: the light
comes and goes then returns again.
Be gentle with your fellow travelers
as they move through the world of stone and stars
whirling with you yet every one alone.
The road waits.
Do not ask questions but when it invites you
to dance at daybreak, say yes.
Each step is the journey; a single note the […]

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Time for another invitation to come join me and my delightful teaching partner Betsey Beckman in November for a week of integrating creative expression and spiritual practice.  We already have several brave and beautiful souls signed up and there are just a handful of spots left, so won’t you come and play? 
Awakening the Creative Spirit:
Experiential […]

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Greetings dear friends,
In a week and a half I will be heading to the Emerald Island from the Emerald City and will be out of email and blogging touch for a bit.  More blogging to come this week though.  In the meantime I wanted to post another invitation for you to consider joining Betsey and […]

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Today and tomorrow is the last session for this year’s Awakening the Creative Spirit program.  It has been a wonderful journey with an amazing group of diverse participants and I am eager to see what these last days call forth from everyone. 
For 2007-2008 Betsey and I decided to take a break from the monthly format […]

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