EXPLORING THE MAGICAL AND THE MUNDANE


  • Free National Park Day

    My darling friend, Julie, is here for four days.  We like to split the time between Seattle and Mt. Rainier.  Yesterday was the mountain. Today is the city for boutique hotel pampering. Who knew it was Free National Park Day and all of Seattle and Tacoma were on the mountain? Think ants on an anthill.…


  • What’s In A Name?

    Apparently a whole lot more than I realized.  I had an amazing conversation/session  with Neimologist Sharon Lynn Wyeth (www.knowthename.com). Neimology is the science of letter placement in your name and it all starts with the first vowel of your first name.  Prior to my session, I provided Ms.Wyeth with my birth name, my parents’ birth…


  • Beauty

    I’m facilitating a two-day painting workshop this weekend, one of the requirements for certification into the Color of Woman Intentional Creativity TM program. Our topic is Beauty, Not The Beast and we will be exploring and expanding our definition of beauty by bringing forth to the canvas our Muse of Beauty. It’s so much fun……


  • This past Thursday, I played hooky with a friend and went hiking on Mt. Rainier.  We drove up to Paradise and hiked a 6.5 mile circuit among the wild flowers.  It was perfect. Just what I needed.  Great company on a lovely day out in nature.  I’m now refreshed and refueled with beauty. Which is…


  • …and here comes August, the domain of Leo. If you enjoy riding the Celtic Wheel around the year, it’s the time for the first harvest festival, Lughnasdh or Lammas. And it looks like it’s going to be a wonderful harvest season. There’s an apple tree close to our home that is so laden with apples,…