I was given the gift of a pottery wheel. I love clay and I had always wanted my own wheel. There is a lot more to being a potter than having a wheel, but that is another story. This is about the wheel. It was the generous gift from a new acquaintance. My soon-to-be husband…
I am a person of a certain age. My dear husband is as well. I feel fit and healthy and strong. He does, too, most of the time. We, however, have 2 other generations who look at us as OLDER or simply OLD. Yes, indeed the wrapping has become loose and bags at certain key…
We are in the middle of a unique period of time. Addiction, which feeds on separation and isolation, may have its way with us. Falling back into old forms or finding new (shopping, media binging, or unhelpful thought processes) can happen when we are alone when we are feeling stressed when we don’t know what…
I have been referring to myself as a person in recovery for several years now. I know this is anathema to the tradition of identifying yourself by the disease from which you are in remission. but like the phrase “cancer survivor” rather than calling oneself “cancerous” or “having had cancer” I am establishing myself in…
Clean and sober: now what? 90 meetings in 90 days, read the book, get a sponsor, write out your steps longhand, read the Morning Reflections, change everything and did I mention; ”Go to meetings”? I thought that getting sober was going to be a long slog from one recovery oriented duty to another. Sure,…
I am a baby boomer. I have known about the climate crisis for years yet I am also a part of the deafness about climate change. I knew about it 50 years ago, 40 years ago, during the drought in the 70’s when we got new faucet heads for the showers and flushed only when…
What a strange weekend! What a strange series of events. I believe I am coming to, now. I have been out of sorts, offline, out of touch, nervous but numb. I did one thing right; I contacted my sponsor. Just in case I lot my mind. But it turns out I turned off. There wasn’t…
Yoga is an amazing practice. The physical postures energize at the same time they relax you, strengthen the body while adding flexibility and balance. Breathwork and meditation can be used at any time to recenter you, bringing you to present time awareness. Self-knowledge can be developed with an ongoing yoga practice that can lead you…
Without denial and avoidance, I want to understand and unify my selves. I don’t want to repress the negative, unpleasant or unlovely thoughts and feelings I have. I don’t want to deny them. Nor do I want to perseverate and stubbornly repeat them obscuring the positive. l don’t know if you have done this, but…
So why am I worried? I am worried because I no longer live as if I were waiting for the other shoe to drop.