Peace and Good Things

03/26/2025

I’ve been on some meds that messed with the skin on my hands and feet. And so foot care has become a weekly routine. Today the skin is pretty well healed so the focus was on massage instead of skin care. And wow. I forgot the feeling of a return of blood flow after a good working of the calves into the feet. (Or the forearms into the hands). They are zinging with all that space and oxygen. Highly recommend. Also highly recommend allowing yourself to deeply engage in self-care. My feet from soak to scrub to massage took an hour of my morning. And was 1000% worth it. I have noticed in the past and have been super aware of late of the fact that self-care makes it on to my to-do list. But almost never wins out over household or yard or business chores. I’m going to work on this. I am working on this. Because life is short. Take the nap. Play hooky in the sun. Luxuriate in a good book. Take the time for leisure.

03/23/2024

Oh! The learning curve! I think i'd like to start doing some youtube videos. But I'm definitely going to need a tutorial. I used to work in computers but now...it appears google is integrated into everything but I don't know who I am where across all these platforms! However! Here's a video of me checking in on my plant babies this past Equinox! My hard cuts appear to not have accidentally killed anything and my new plantings from last fall might just have made it! Looking forward to a good stretch of 50 degree nights so that I can start the spring clean up!

Walked my garden the other day to check on my babies...My hard cuts didn't kill anything and my new plantings from last year seem to be coming back. Oh, and...

06/17/2023

I’m a life long healer open to organically growing my tribe and life experience.

05/22/2023

Ran across this today and it struck a cord. I've grown less wild over the years, that's for sure. And I prize the spoils of the civilized me. But I do have this niggling suspicion that I've lost something too. This bears some thinking on. What does it mean to you?

04/21/2023

I wonder how old the people who wrote these were when they wrote them. And I've been wondering on that for a while now. I saved the Bukowski quote ages ago and it kept popping up to post when I randomly clicked into the list in my "content folder" and I'd have to delete it and choose again because I had THOUGHTS and likely needed to write a blog post on it. And then my sissy sent me this other one last night and it is gorgeous and still...I have thoughts. These seem, to me, the dying wishes of young people.

A dear client is gently passing as I type. Maybe today, maybe next week. She is going to sleep for longer and longer and will not wake up from one of them. She is surrounded by love and being tenderly taken care of. Death will not tremble to take her. And she has aged so gracefully that when she goes it will be with a whisper and a kind word.

I have raged through the world. And Death must have trembled at the thought of taking me because otherwise I should be dead, significantly maimed or famous. I could have written those words. But this, quite honestly, has now become my dying wish. The dying wish of middle age. The living wish of a person who wants nothing more than to sip coffee in the morning, floss every evening, chew slowly, explore the world around her and work on building their compassion for self and others. Now I am grateful for the gentleness of my life. And I could wish for nothing more than to go out with a whisper and a kind word.

04/18/2023

03/23/2023

All potentials are there. Your gaze matters.

03/22/2023

Happy New Moon Spring Equinox! That's a glorious bit of awesomeness rolled up into a couple few days. What do you want to accomplish this Spring? Dream big with small goals...

Happy Ostara! Are you looking for a system to help reach your goals? Maybe the moon and sun can help.

03/21/2023

Taking yin yoga classes at Balancing Owl Yoga helps me with pretty much all of the below...Give them a follow. She posts delightful memes.

03/09/2023

So, I struggle to eat breakfast. And I think eating SOMETHING before I start work is a good idea. I bought a box of Kodiak Frozen Protein Waffles. They were edible but not great. Saw this mix at Aldi's and decided to make my own. They are much tastier. It's hard to compare nutrition apples to apples but they look fairly comparable. Also, 10 waffles in the kodiak box for $5.66-$6.49 and 14 waffles in the Aldi box for $3.49 so that's nice. Also: I believe there are 3 cups of mix in the box, not 4.5 as you would think from the nutritional label. So I made the whole box at: 3c mix with 2c water. And added a healthy glug of vanilla. Also, they aren't lying when they tell you to spray cooking spray on your griddle. :D Oh! And if you let the batter sit for a hot minute it aerates itself.

Probably should have googled how to properly store these guys in the freezer but, well, fingers crossed there!

03/08/2023

Happy International Women's Day. I love my circle.

03/07/2023

Is there actually some secret wisdom here? You decide!