The Equinox

Last night the first rainfall of autumn poured down as two friends and I made our way to the nearby town of Jacksonville, Oregon, intending (at yet another birthday celebration) to have dinner and hear the concert presented by the amazing ten-man singing group, Straight MORE

A Birthday Wish

On my 75th birthday friends carried me away to a dream. The dream consisted of days spent in Istanbul, seeing once again Hagia Sophia, that very early Christian declaration in monumental stone of the miracle that is Holy Wisdom; the Blue Mosque (hearing MORE

Soul of the World

This summer’s Institute in Social Artistry, led by Jean Houston, included the metaphor of alchemy, and that included an awakening to the world’s  earliest scientists, the alchemists.  They were called, with good reason, “Philosophers of Fire.”  In the service of honoring nature and at the MORE

Harvest Time

In the Celtic worlds, these are days of harvesting.  The still-strong sun presides over this yearly time of gathering in, then caring for and preparing for the future.  During the classes of the early summer, working with my friend, ally and teacher, Jean Houston, I MORE