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10 Seconds to Zen (post 4)

Bubbles, just bubbles Peace will find you as you blow all the stale air out of your lungs. I have found no quicker way to a smile on my face then when I am blowing bubbles. It only takes 10 seconds.

Have you heard of Forest Bathing? Nope? Neither had I until recently. It’s a Japanese thing that is becoming a phenomenon in the states (probably urban areas). It is basically what it sounds like. Walking through a forest and letting it bathe you in sensations. Humans are a part of the world, and we need…

10 Seconds to Zen (post 2):

Peace in an ordinary world Take a long slow inhale counting to four as you breathe in, stop. Now hold it for a count of three at the top, and then slowly let it out– three, two, one. Done. It has been ten seconds, check and see if you have slightly more head space. In…

10 Seconds to Zen…

Peace finds us if we prepare the way for it. Peace, or a sense of calm/Zen had always eluded me as a child and younger adult. I used to think finding it was going to be outside my skill set– reserved for the wiser, more patient folks. I always had hope though– and that may…

Mama always said there would be dragons…

Ok, no she didn’t. Not in those exact words. But the message that there would be pain and storms to endure was definitely clear. This pic was clicked right outside the building in which I took my first and second SAT. Of course, the exam I took in the mid 80’s, I am told, in…

It’s that time of year, when…

I realize that I am happy. The weather bobs and dips like a fisher’s boat along with the tide. Aromas glide in through the cracked window, warm and cozy: onion, sage and spice. It is a crazy time of year for me (work), but I still attempt to stop and focus on what moves me:…

End of July

The trees call me home. I am full of this storied bliss– chocolate dust fig. -BKL, 2017

Third Time is the Charm!

Our summer has been about adventures at home and locally. Swimming at friends’ or family’s homes, having (almost nightly) water balloon fights/competitions, playing (video) games at home and Dave and Buster’s – it has been a blast so far! On one of the really hot, record busting, days last week, I decided I was…

The Pleasures of Summer

Colors are part of the fabric of who I am. Ask anyone and they will tell you I have a plethora of special gel ink purple pens in assorted nib sizes, my office is painted a lux Caribbean blue, and I wear jewel tones as often as I can. That said, I truly enjoy…