If All Else Fails . . .

If All Else Fails . . .

I write to you from the magic of Bainbridge Island.  It’s early still and the scent of the salt air envelops me – so very different from the dry pine scents of my home.  I hear coos of what sound like the very same mourning doves that soothe me back home and...
How I Spent My Summer Vacation

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

For the past 5 weeks, my husband and I have been in the throes of a renovation project. We purchased a sweet little house that we plan to turn into a rental and we are trying to hustle our little bustles so that we can complete it this month.   From conception to...
Watch Your Language, Young Lady.

Watch Your Language, Young Lady.

Summer always makes me feel nostalgic.  I think it’s the season where we get to be most child-like and playful.  I tend to recall memories that have been lost in the vault of age but I find myself particularly reflective this summer.  For the most part, I was a pretty...
Just BE It!

Just BE It!

Have you ever heard yourself say something along the lines of . . .  “If only I had this job, I would feel successful” “If only I had this much money, then I would be happy” “If only I had this relationship then I would feel loved”   Basically some rendition of “If...
Take Up Space

Take Up Space

It’s been two weeks today since I bid farewell to the 10 stunning women I was so privileged to gather with at my annual Desert Women’s Retreat. I had planned to reflect and then publish my insights, learnings and musings shortly after and yet for some reason, haven’t...
The Roadmap to Your Soul

The Roadmap to Your Soul

I love to write early in the morning when my mind is quiet and my thoughts, words and intentions surface.  It is spring here in Central Oregon which means it will be 70 degrees one day and then there is snow on the ground the next.  This morning we are somewhere in...