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90 Spontaneous Days Around The World : Killing my own spiders

Posted on March 9, 2015 Leave a Comment

March 2, 2014 Seloliman Nature Reserve, Java The jungle hikes at Seloliman will stay in my imagination forever. So much to inspire. The great variety of life…the beauty of the wild. I thank God for waist-deep hikes in this jungle. Swallowed in nature, I’m blessed to experience the aliveness of an exotic world. A world […]

90 Spontaneous Days Around The World : How to discover your passions in the face of catastrophe

Posted on March 3, 2015 2 Comments

“the truth I ‘d been running from was so strong, it was as big as the promise of the coming day…” My roommate Hannah and I sleepwalked into our clothes. Together with our traveling companions, we piled in five jeeps to take the dizzying, nighttime drive to summit Mt. Bromo. I sat in the far […]

More thankful this Thanksgiving than any other

Posted on November 27, 2014 Leave a Comment

I sit at the fire pit where I first met him. The magic that night undeniable. There is no such magic tonight. I give a big smile to the flames and the memory and wonder why love disappears. The asking takes me back to Bali. Why is not a spiritual question Laura, my healer […]

True love

Posted on October 8, 2014 Leave a Comment

I love you,’ Buttercup said. ‘I know this must come as something of a surprise to you, since all I’ve ever done is scorn you and degrade you and taunt you, but I have loved you for several hours now, and every second, more. I thought an hour ago that I loved you more than […]

Malibu & 27 Years : The Sculpture Anniversary

Posted on February 15, 2013 Leave a Comment

Yesterday was our 27th anniversary. I found out that in the modern gift list, this is our Sculpture Anniversary. (Last year being original pictures? -Really?) I’m not sure if I’m into the modern list (especially since #44 is groceries 🙂 ) but it’s kind of fun to check them out. Ours was a year of […]

A Valentine’s Day Story

Posted on February 14, 2013 2 Comments

Source: my.hsj.org via Amy on Pinterest Valentine’s Day is full of happy memories for me. Once upon a time, I got married on Valentine’s Day and had a beautiful snowy Chicago wedding. And once upon a longer time, Valentine’s Day was the very first holiday that a boy did something so over-the-top amazing, it […]