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FROM THE SANCTUARY
Jan 30, 20193 min read
Misha Heads Home
“I can’t believe how fast things move on the outside…the world went and got itself in a big damn hurry.” – Brooks. That quote is from...
Jan 30, 20193 min read
Of Dreams and Angels
Celebrating today! He had a dream, a noble one, and Martin Luther King, Jr. shared it with the world in the form of living example and a...
Jan 30, 20193 min read
The Year in Review
Welcome to the Capture Life Writing Year in Review. I promise not to end with a list of celebrities who have left us this past year. 2017...
Jan 30, 20193 min read
2018 The Year of Kind Words
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” My Mom repeated that thousands of times to us as we were growing...
Jan 30, 20193 min read
For Kate
Kate arrived an hour and forty-five minutes into our two-hour long Writing and Well Being workshop. She neither removed her long black...
Jan 30, 20194 min read
Ruby Heads Home
“I am at the emergency vet with Ruby,” read the 10:00 pm text from my daughter. My eight-year-old grand dog was lethargic and had not...
Jan 30, 20192 min read
All I Know is Love
Feeling grateful after I finished a major project for her, my supervisor (bless her heart) told me to spend the afternoon doing whatever...
Jan 30, 20193 min read
Lead Follow or Get Out of the Way
Before my father passed away in his sleep at the tender age of 55, one of his favorite things to say was, “lead, follow or get out of the...
Jan 30, 20193 min read
Relaxing on Gratitude Day
From the Sanctuary: The Universe has been kind this week, delivering a perfect fit job offer, which I enthusiastically accepted. Since...
Jan 30, 20193 min read
Shifting with the Wind
From the Sanctuary: The wind is blowing heavily on this eighty-degree Labor Day—the Universe is working overtime as I like to observe,...
Jan 30, 20193 min read
Celebrating All Nature’s Miracles
From the Sanctuary: Sitting in the lanai at sunset, pen in hand, enjoying the stillness and quiet of the evening with the relaxing colors...
Jan 30, 20194 min read
Nature’s Omens and the Armoire
This weekend for the first of my two days off I chose to avoid crabby grocery shoppers and take the Saturday morning 30-minute drive to...
Jan 30, 20193 min read
Nature, “Chance” & Gratitude
From the Sanctuary: The first cicadas of summer are making their buzzing debut—invoking a sense of relaxation whenever I hear it. Pretty...
Jan 30, 20193 min read
Returning to Joyful Reality
People often refer to me as someone who is positive all the time. I would describe myself more as someone who always consciously pays...
Jan 30, 20193 min read
Label Peeled
Woot! Woot! Celebrating my removal of the label given to me nineteen years ago this summer because it no longer makes sense or is fitting...
Jan 30, 20193 min read
Sharing True Happiness with Confidence
If I had a nickel for all of the incidences where I have heard that it is impossible for us to be happy all of the time, I would be the...
Jan 30, 20193 min read
Happy Little Nature Rampage
From the Sanctuary: Nature rampage lately…so healing to the psyche! First to Southwest Florida to explore with friends. My first day...
Jan 30, 20193 min read
Harmony Through Loving Kindness
From the Sanctuary: There is value in getting to know ourselves deeply and sharing that with others. Not just what we do, but who we...
Jan 30, 20193 min read
From the Sanctuary
Solo road trip along the lake, Cleveland bound. This journey begins with my being on the receiving end of a random act of kindness when I...
Jan 30, 20193 min read
I prefer Shaman, Thank You
“If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic.” – Thomas Szasz More than eighteen years...
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