Heavier than a gray wolf, ancient packs once roamed from Canada, to Bolivia. The oldest fossils, from 240,000 yrs ago, have been found in the Black Hills of So. Dakota, while the most recent direwolf remains from Florida, are just 11,000 yrs old. The Old Vero Man site even shows burned bones of extinct fossils…… Continue Reading
Time to Slow Down and Bring it all Home… My catalogs read ‘Go with the Slow’, The Beaches are only the Beginning, and Get Out There, Let’s Go Summer!!! Yes, I say. I want that!! I want long days on the river, perusing quaint shops by the sea, jumping into the ocean waves, walking the…… Continue Reading
I woke up at 4:20 with sad images flowing in. I thought of Dave, and a car accident, with one thought after another piling on each other, as fearful thoughts tend to do. Then I remembered reading somewhere long ago that when heavy emotions come upon you, ask yourself if they are truly yours, or…… Continue Reading
Rainy Summer Days are Perfect Movie Days! Tomorrowland, here I come. Yesterday I was transported back to my 12 yr old self. The dark movie theater, fresh popcorn, a Walt Disney movie, and me….all the alchemy needed to immerse myself into non-thinking mode, and be carried back in time. “Tomorrowland” sounded like fun, but I…… Continue Reading
Learning to Cope with Stress Changes your Baseline brain imagery. Resilience, learning to deal with traumatic, stressful conditions, big and small, is a true life-saver. A fascinating article in the May 16, issue of Time magazine, tells of 20 yr research by two psychiatrists who have found a way to image the brain before resilient…… Continue Reading
Keep the Soul excited with fascinating, sensual things, but don’t kill yourself. There’s a reason some activities, some ‘sports’, are called ‘Extreme’. The body is not made to continually push itself to the extreme without giving away in some way, shape, or form. I keep thinking of Dean Potter, who leaped off a peak in…… Continue Reading
Shifting gears, leaving jobs, used to be such a big deal! Heart wrenching, sleepless nights, grieving over what was left behind, used to be the way change happened in my life. Now, it just feels like I’m playing a different game. Not going in the old direction, keeping up with the old crowd of doing,…… Continue Reading
What you think isn’t always the reality of life! I live in a rivertown, nestled in the Southern Berkshires of western Ct. Some places here look like Colorado, others like Flagstaff, Az, and still others like the fingerlakes of the north. This area has rushing rapids, huge waterfalls,and many colored rock faces carved in sheer…… Continue Reading
For Example, a Dentist at 11, MUST be followed by a French Bistro lunch! For any anticipated event that dredges up deep-seated emotions, like the usual dental check-up/cleaning, plan ahead for the most wonderful drive through the woods leading to the most fabulous secret French Bistro possible!! Admittedly, easier to do in Ct than in…… Continue Reading
They are right outside my window as I write this. The Three are sometimes 3 wise Ravenwomen in a dream, more often a family of 3 actual ravens with their new baby, and lately, a pack of 3 babies, learning the ways of life in the woods. The babies are great. Their call sounds like…… Continue Reading
