a Place Called HOME

  "Existence will rush to fill us and overwhelm us  if we don't meet the outer world  with an inner life." ~MarkNepo It is the proverbial making lemonade from lemons. We all experience difficult times personally and collectively but how we prevail... how we write the story into the fabric of our own life is where transformation occurs.  This reflection is more of a challenge for me to write. Am I able to write about isolation and fragmentation and loneliness? Am I ready to write about the darkness that fills me before the light reaches through? Is it the 'right' voice? It is a voice that I've often avoided to remain positive and hopeful, yet this deeper darker voice exists within all of us... especially now. For me, this is the voice I start with and move through to get to a more palatable "other side". Can I do it justice?  Most often when I write I focus on where I end up, not where I start! Once I've traveled my own road of transformation, I e...

  "The MYSTERY of deep living is that we become Life itself." ~MarkNepo I have known myself as a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none type of person. I know enough to do "just enough" to get through a job, a conversation, a project... Life! I'm a quick learner who processes information fast and understands my resources for anything I might need to research. It's exciting and fast-paced and, probably, hints a bit at FOMO - fear of missing out! Its allowed me to take in a wide expanse of knowledge for enjoyment.  Recently, I took notice of a local photographer on Instagram that only photographs Holy Hill... well, mostly only.  ONE subject over and over through 4 seasons, morning and evening with either his camera or his drone. Previously I would have dismissed that as boring. Yet during this Pandemic time I've been fascinated with discovering my own "backyard"; digging deep into the richness that surrounds me right here, right where I am present. ...