Before the “Break” October Blog
October 6th, 2024Before the “Break” This blog is about creativity before the “break”. The “break” was an actual fall I had two weeks ago in Chicago on the L train platform. My husband and I were on our way to the airport to come home. I fell, dislocated my left shoulder and broke my arm bone near […]
Calm of Coloring Mandalas – Silence, Beauty, Fear
April 8th, 2018Calm of Coloring Mandalas – Silence, Beauty, Fear. I finally made it to the Big Sur Hermitage. It was a roller coaster of peace, beauty and fear.Coloring mandalas calmed me down.
Away & Back – Delights, Dreams, Depth at Esalen
April 3rd, 2016For decades I’ve wanted to travel to Esalen, take a workshop and immerse myself in this unique Big Sur land of delights, dreams and depth. The delights are the land, waters, air, light and their gifts. The dreams are the calling from dreamtime at night, and the depth is exploring into the mystery and connection […]
Journey to Center of Heart & Earth
March 5th, 2016Soon I’m leaving for a to a place I’ve wanted to go for decades – Esalen in Big Sur, California. There I want to settle into a deeper place in the center of my heart and the center of our earth’s heart.
Photo Meditations – Playing with IPhone Camera Apps
August 16th, 2012
100 Days for Mandalas – Week Eleven
August 13th, 2012MONDAY MANDALA INFORMATION, INSPIRATIONS & MEDITATION MANDALA PROMPT – THE CALL TO CREATIVITY We are all called to be givers of our own unique gifts to the world. Sometimes we don’t recognize we are co-creators of this world and this world calls to us to share our gifts. We are all artists of our unique […]
Mandalas – Plan B for New Mexico
August 10th, 2012The plan to teach a course at The Mandala Center in New Mexico didn’t happen. Not enough people signed up. BUT Plan B, to create mandalas in New Mexico at a silent retreat Monastery did happen. Yeah for grander plans than our own. I really needed a quiet easy time to create, and I certainly […]
The Center of the Road Trip – Mandala Heaven
May 14th, 2012The main reason for the recent road trip to New Mexico was to experience The Mandala Center in Des Moines, New Mexico. What would it be like stay in this beautiful retreat center dedicated to personal and spiritual growth? Would it be as wonderful as the website photos and descriptions? My friend Kelly Larson and […]
Mandalas for a New Mexico Heart Journey Road Trip
April 18th, 2012ROAD TRIP – I am soon off to New Mexico for a Heart Journey Road Trip with a dear friend. It is a heart journey in more ways than one. It’s off to cities, high deserts and mountain lands. Santa Fe, The Mandala Center in Des Moines, Taos and Abiquiu here we come. MATTERS OF […]