October is a big national awareness month…breast cancer awareness (pink), domestic violence awareness (purple), and yes, bullying prevention (orange). Of course, breast cancer awareness is a topic near and dear to my heart, literally and figuratively. I had a mammogram last week, and opted for the new, high tech HD version. It may or may…

If I didn’t believe it before, or forgot to believe it after life lulled me into a dull complacency, I believe it now and forever more:  FORGIVENESS is my lesson to be learned and practiced. Daily. Hourly. Minutely. Secondly. Never to be relinquished or lapsed, even if righteousness is on my side. Not even for…

As the presidential campaign season starts to heat up at an alarming and vitriolic pace, I am saddened and repulsed and disappointed and disillusioned. Again. In this new millenium, our race, as in the human race, is no further evolved than we were a hundred, five hundred or even thousands of years ago. Nothing seems…

We had a terrible scare over the weekend with our 13 (plus or minus) year old golden, Roxie. We rescued her 11 years ago, and have loved her and helped her overcome some serious emotional issues stemming from one abusive home and a second neglectful home. She finally learned to trust us and could not…

Before I get to the trials and tribulations of writing a novel and the many addictive challenges encountered along the way, I wanted to share, again, some beautiful Hawaiian thoughts to live by. If only we were evolved enough to see the wisdom in practicing these amazingly simple concepts. Every day. All we have to…

Energy, energy. Everywhere energy. This morning I got up at sunrise and took a long hike (okay, partly because I actually got lost on the trails) and then hiked up to the Boynton Vista Vortex, also known as Kachina Woman. It was early, about 6:30, and I had the vortex almost all to myself. There…

…what I know now… It’s a terrible thing to second guess your decisions in life, especially when it concerns removing vital body parts, such as your breasts. I am sharing my thoughts and concerns about lumpectomy vs. mastectomy (double) because I have been faced with this dilemma recently, three years after my diagnosis, and have…

I’ve pretty much got my summer lined out now.  I’ve been working on (emphasis on not done yet!) my rendition of Woman With Fan by Klimnt, with whom I fell in love after I saw the most amazing exhibit of his work at Les Carrieres et Lumieres in Provence…suffice it to say that this abandoned…

In an effort to practice what I preach, I have gotten back on the provervbial horse with meditation, writing (well, at least journaling), exercise (well, at least thinking about it while I heal), and yes, yea, painting! I did experience a momentary setback, especially in the exercise and humility departments, when I hurled myself down…