Act 3 - Trusting the Search As a teenager, this comic used to hang on the bulletin board in my bedroom. Even then I knew there was more to life than high school and its drama. There IS a difference...

​Bitter Sweetness For many years, I mentored a young woman who is now in her late 20s. She and her family arrived in the US as legal refugees when she was about 14. She could only read English on a...

The End of the End It scarcely seems possible, but June of 2025 was the fifth anniversary of my ex-husband’s death. With each passing year, and with the possibilities of awkwardly running into each other...

Meeting ​All my life I’ve been looking for someone to tell me “why.” Why am I here? Whose hand is guiding me? I’m not here alone. I’ve never been here alone. Why can’t I meet you? What is my purpose?...

Liquid Love Coffee is my love language. There is nothing better than waking up to the smell of a house with coffee brewing in it, except someone bringing a cup of that brewed coffee to me. When the...

Heat People talk about love at first sight. I’ve never heard anyone else talk about love at first touch. When Dave Marcus and I met, we were at a weeklong gathering of dancers and musicians. I heard...

​Love Song to the Light I live in the woods, and despite the yearly similarity of seasons and weather, the daily view I see out my window or off my deck is never quite the same. On a rainy winter morning...

Letting Go When I look back on my life, it seems most of it has been a push and pull between what I really want – a meaningful career, a lasting relationship, true happiness, choices that feed my soul...

And I Was photo credit, Doug Plummer I live my life surrounded by music. I spend time doing it every single day. I play piano, I sing, I teach, I practice, I perform. I’ve spent a lot of time wondering...

Beholding I don’t put my hands on anyone as an Alexander Teacher without stopping to ask for permission first. In today’s world, it’s what you do. I’ve been doing it longer than that, however. There...