Today anything is possible

I picked up a deck of affirmation cards by Florence Scovel Shinn the other day at the thrift store, and they are wonderful.  The cards are quotes taken from her book, The Game of Life and How to Play It, which was published in 1925. I'd be delighted to pick a card for you. If…

our multi-faceted lives

The other day I was having a conversation with a woman about "Acceptance of our lives (and our pasts) vs. using our minds and focused thought to create". She was rather animated, almost upset, as she said, "Your approach sounds like denial to me. I don't agree with trying to change our lives. I believe…

My thoughts and words return to me

When I wrote a novel, a couple of years ago, I had no idea that the very things I had written about would begin to happen in my own life. I wrote the novel for its own sake. The process was an adventure (even though I did, at times...many times, need to discipline myself to…

All is well

I spent quite a bit of time over this past weekend painting one of my favorite quotes onto a small table. I never felt like I got the font quite right, so I redid it a number of times, and each time, I felt better and better. The quote is: All shall be well, And…

Brightening the path

A very good friend of mine is about to move to Maine. She and I have talked about moving for the past couple of years, and now her dream has taken concrete form, and she is stepping into it. Since the day that she first described the kind of place she wanted, I began imagining…

Success

A new consignment shop opened up in Cambridge and as I drove past last week, what caught my eye was a velvet jacket blowing in the breeze so I stopped in to see what the shop was like. As I opened the door, I was greeted by a lovely woman, Donna, who welcomed me and…

Listening “in”

8 years ago, I attended a retreat in Alabama and did a fire-walk. In the few days leading up to the actual walk, the leader kept encouraging us to listen to our inner voices, to be sure it would be safe for us (personally) to do. This involved getting quiet (both inside and out), settling…