“Anybody who travels knows that you’re not really doing so in order to move around, you’re traveling in order to be moved.” – Pico Iyer On Saturday morning, October 15th, I hit the road for the last time. I was almost home. After the past few days’ events, I was feeling even more grateful […]
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?- Mary OliverBefore, I was an achiever. My #1 strength in strengthsfinder, I was always working towards something. When I reached my goal (which I always did, finding ways around the roadblocks, when I fell, picking myself up to try […]
“Energy is the living, vibrating ground of your being, and it is your body’s natural self-healing elixir, its natural medicine.” – Donna Eden, Energy Medicine for WomenSedona is known for four energy vortexes, where the subtle, swirling energy of the earth is unusually strong, enough to be felt by people nearby. The vortexes felt like legend […]
When Andi Fairbanks, a dear friend and member of my online tribe, asked me to be a guest on her podcast I was shocked and honored that she considered me among her list of everyday extraordinaries, people who follow their passions and change lives. For those who are visiting this site for the first time, you […]
“A beautiful thing is never perfect”- Egyptian ProverbIt is impossible to quickly travel from the Grand Canyon’s North Rim to South Rim, a fact I learned while driving toward the North Rim, racing the sun, with a worsening cold. I left Antelope Canyon sometime after noon, intending to drive to the North Rim for views and […]
We live vicariously through adventurers, explorers, parents of the most adorable and apparently perfect children, and the people who inspire us through social media. For me, this happens primarily within the beautiful world of Instagram. Insta-moments, experiences that are captured perfectly through a cell phone camera, run through a simple filter or two to enhance […]
When I close my eyes, I can see it again, the brilliant red sky at sunset deepening the rich, vibrant, striated rocks around me. My car following the curves of the road, every new angle making my heart swell even further. Overwhelmed by the beauty before me, the natural wonder I was driving through, tears […]
Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.-Jack Kerouac, On the RoadAfter a whirlwind week in LA, I was itching to get out of the city, back on the road, hiking and sleeping in the open air. My days at Greenbuild had been inspiring, a confirmation that I was […]
Most of us go through life taking care of others. We make hot soup for our spouse or child when they are sick. We become caretakers for an ailing parent or grandparent. We bring lasagna to our cousin who just had a baby, in a disposable pan so they don’t have to worry about washing […]
