November 17, 2020
Dreams That Take Us To Hidden Rooms
Sometimes in dreams we discover previously unknown rooms in familiar places. ...
June 2, 2019
A Glimpse into the World of Nightmares
Nightmares can be understood as preventative medicine — for our health and our lives....
March 29, 2019
Saying Goodbye to Buffett: The Hemingway Cat Who Helped Me Write a Children’s Book
“The dream scene shifted. Felina appeared, her blue eyes gleaming. “Have faith and believe. Only noble cats with the purest of hearts can sense me. In time you will complete your journey. But the Hemingway House may not be your final destination in life.” — Felina,...
March 8, 2019
Archetypal Goddesses — Weaving a New Dream
I am pondering how seeing a story with new eyes, a goddess or woman is able to change the story she is living. Then the story itself can be transformed...
December 27, 2018
“The Boy in the Man”
During this year’s joyful Christmas with my precious family, I hoped my son would always feel his father’s love in his heart and that the boy in him would always remember it….just as my grandsons feel that love passed on to them....
November 14, 2018
“A Multitude of Bears”
When a spirit animal shows up in a dream and then in waking life, it’s time to dig deeper into its symbolism, habits, myths and legends....
September 3, 2018
Walking the White River
I inhale the sweet scent of river water as I hear the call of the elusive blue heron that perches among the naked tree roots half submerged beneath the water near the shoreline. ...
April 2, 2018
“Spring Break at Turkey Run State Park”
I told him about how Native Americans sometimes believed that a human could shapeshift into animals or birds. That they could adapt the qualities of a certain animal or bird for use in human life. And that some tribes believed that one was born into...
January 25, 2018
The Nature of My Photography and the Dreams That Inspire It
I love to wake up slowly in the morning. Relaxing in meditation, I drift between sleep and wakefulness while I roam the state of consciousness known as the “hypnopompic” zone, a slice of time when images flash beneath the lids of my closed eyes. ...
December 30, 2017
Dreams of Healing across Space and Time
I thought about what courage really means for everyday heroes who go through life unrecognized. They are the quiet ones who, day in and day out, serve their soul’s calling in seemingly small ways. In the end, they create a more empowered life for...
November 18, 2017
“Full Moon Dreaming on the Mountain: The Number Eighteen”
It took a bit of time to process the notion of how I had dreamed of the moon card number at the same time there was a full moon, not knowing eighteen was the number on that card. One thing I knew for sure; my...
September 5, 2017
Adventures with an Eight Year Old and “the Gifts of Resemblances”
When we approached one of the pools in the Oldfields Gardens near the Lilly House, Colton asked if I had a coin. “It’s a place to wish,” He said. I told him that I didn’t have one, but that a person could make a wish...
July 6, 2017
Finding the Urban Wild
My encounters with the hawk have been a tap on the shoulder, advising me to take a closer look at things, to see beyond the obvious, to observe situations around me with a clearer focus, and to view the world from a higher perspective without...
May 13, 2017
Change the Lens, Change Perception of Reality: Lessons on a Sacred Mountain
I was learning to “shift gears,” and “stand aside from my own experience, and examine it with a much better perspective.” When I let go and simply resonated with the essence of the mountain, expecting to see miraculous spirited beauty, Nature was all too willing...
February 16, 2017
A Rose by Many Names
I packed up my statue of Athena, a camera with two lenses and a shamanic drum for my part in their program. Two dear friends made the drive with me. After two days of heart-fed activities, soulful interactions and rich dream narratives, I returned home...
December 27, 2016
A Seasonal Love Story…Gifts from the Other Side of Death.
I add to Tom’s words. “The full force of love stands behind you, above you, below you and around you.” This is his gift to me from the other side of Death. But I know I still have an important assignment to complete for our...
November 23, 2016
Soul Talk
I experienced the companionship of loving friends and the sharing of dreams. I delighted in pristine Nature where the clear night sky is sprinkled with a glittery cosmos of stars, where wild birdsong greets the sunrise, where leaf-covered nature trails wind around a stunning blue...
August 20, 2016
Diving in the Dark
Breaking the surface, I tear off my mask and gaze into the deep blue sky. I add air to my BCD, lean back and allow the salty sea to support me. Gazing at the moon on the far end of the horizon and...
August 7, 2016
Sweet Grandmother Kisses and a Time Traveling Squirrel
Most of all I remember the way my grandmother transformed ordinary encounters and daily experiences into magical occurrences, ones that later would feed my imagination for stories I would write. Of all these precious memories I still remember a pesky squirrel that climbed the...
May 6, 2016
Exploring the Cave of the Goddess through Active Dreaming
When the goddess releases her desires to what is the highest well-being of herself and others, she makes decisions that represent her highest values. And while her ego resists, her soul knows it must answer the call from its sacred source. For in the...
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