Pleas and Thank Yous

After my morning ritual of journaling the cobwebs from my head, stretching the cricks from my joints, then feeding my body tea, fruit and grain, I felt jaunty, ready to go. As I passed my desk, I noticed a text from an inner circle friend sharing that a mutual friend had suddenly passed away. Instinctively,…

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Just Now

Go. Out. Side. Waking up late today after a very full yesterday added to daylight savings time stealing an hour, I did my morning ritual in the afternoon — writing, drinking tea and checking in with the world online. My intuition kept nudging me: Get in the sunshine.  Make that the priority. Okay, okay. No…

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Fresh Youth, Raw Truth

A Veggie Memoir:  also appearing as part of the Valentine’s celebration of Love and Veggies at http://www.goingveggie.com/a-month-of-veggie-love/ I looked at the ground as I dragged my feet, the old tennis shoes so caked in red clay that tying them had been abandoned last growing season.  They were now slip-ons that I wore on my death march…

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