Did you make a resolution this year? How is it going? I know. Enthusiasm takes over in that last week/first week of the year zone and makes grand plans and amazing promises! And most times the enthusiasm slides away after a few days or a…
Category: `The Healing Garden
“But if you don’t find fulfillment in something other than work, then you will fail those in the chair in front of you.” – Dr. Kovich, Star Trek: Discovery, “The Examples” When I heard these words on an episode of Star Trek: Discovery recently (I’m…
In the garish light of chaos, The disappointments The disasters The desperate grasping for the semblance of celebration I disappear Or try to. But then a jolly raven Maskless Filled with the joy of being alive, of the season, of the sincere happiness Of being…
As I ingest story after story about “The Great Resignation,” I find myself wondering how we got to a place where so many people are quitting their jobs in droves to leap into the unknown? All I know is that, making that same leap, I…
Each time I think about creating anything—a story, a design, a business—a specific Sondheim tune comes to mind. This song rattles around my head, looping through the nooks and crannies. “Bit by bit, putting it together.” The tension spawned by the trills of the keyboard…
What do I intend to do during this coming holiday season? Enjoy it! Revel in the celebration! Play and sing and dance and decorate and make and give gifts! In the past, I’ve wanted to embrace this special time of celebration and could never make…
Today, the sun shines. Cold mornings turn into warm afternoons, and I am feeling the pressure to put the gardens to bed. Of course, I also have a business to run with multiple projects plus marketing and general administration. And a home to maintain with…
As I tumble toward the end of a busy year, I feel like the Polar Express is about to hurtle over me with Tom Hanks genially grinning and waving an apology! Are you beginning to feel a hint of overwhelm too? Maybe some foreboding? We’re…
Have you watched the Jackie Collins documentary, Lady Boss, on Netflix yet? Yes, THAT Jackie Collins, the internationally bestselling author of novels my friends stole from their mother’s bedside tables in the early eighties, highlighting the “good parts” and sharing surreptitiously in junior high. (How…
When I first met Darla (not her real name), she was just so sad. Attempting to make a business out of her art resulted in her being so disenchanted that she couldn’t even make herself go into her studio. After all the dreams and then…