The other day someone asked why I track the days of my retirement. I considered the possible responses- everything from "it's a countdown"...

Retirement Day #1321 The morning breeze chilled the dank woods where melting snow darkened the tree trunks to black. A keenness defined...

Just in time for Valentine's Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktGA_jiDIEo

A little late, but all sincere: https://youtu.be/JvSJtMF_SmI

Sunday January 30, 2023 Retirement Day #1310 Salt of the Earth My life has been brined lately. My horse, StarBucks, developed an abscess...

I have never believed Dance would save the world, although I've always believed it makes the world a better place to save. But recent...

Retirement Day #1173 Addressing an aging body’s issues becomes a game of Whack-A-Mole. Last Sunday evening, as I virtuously flossed my...

July 6, 2022 I’ve had a number of people ask how the healing was coming along. It’s going well, thanks to the little acts of big love...

I woke up particularly low this morning. My baseline emotions are fundamentally optimistic, but this morning- not so much. Like a woman...

Thank you all for your kind comments regarding this photo of me with my human, Linda. My name is StarBucks – I'm a subtly beautiful 18yr...

“The day you don’t wake up sore is the day you realize a) you didn’t live life fully the day before, or b) you woke up dead.” – J....

“All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the...

“Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.” -John Allen Paulos November...

This is the story of how a horse who was ghosted and a woman who was a ghost before she died found each other in a liminal limbo. Like...

Body-knowing – Sep. 20, 2021 “In the ancient language of Wisdom, the [physical] moving center carries the “affirming force”; its natural...

Since the beginning of July, I’ve awakened every morning to the brief, bright and lively song of the Indigo Bunting. Along with the usual...

“Ättestupa (Scandinavian for 'kin/clan precipice') … The name supposedly denotes sites where ritual senicide took place during Nordic...

In Fairy Tales, the Turnip represents the earthy self or symbolizes the Mother archetype / feminine principle

Yesterday I dropped off my husband’s jacket for cleaning & a new zipper. As the clerk worked out how to charge for the zipper, a Tiger...