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Monthly Archives: June 2015
The Grand Adventure of BAKING
“A party without cake is just a meeting.”~Julia Child Is there anything as glorious as awaking to the aromas of something tasty baking in the kitchen, especially on a cold, dreary and drenching morning as this? Well, of course there … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking/Food, Creativity, Inspiration, Kindness/Generosity, Soulful
Tagged adventure, adventures in the kitchen, aromas, baking, coffee cake, cooking, creative acts, flexibility, Food, fun, Generosity, have fun!, improvisation, Ina Garten, Inspiration, Joy, Julia Child, quotes, recipes, rolling with it, sorceress
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Full Throttle: Life Lessons from Dancing
People performing “at full throttle” are doing something as well, and with as much energy, as they can. It’s 5:00 a.m. on a June weekend, the birds’ volume mounting as they sing their songs to a new day. I am … Continue reading
the irredeemable cost of fear
if only they hadn’t so adored their own fear wearing the fetter as some sort of medal but who wants to win that contest? the epitome of Pyrrhic victory, smacking their lips quivery with judgment trepidation dripping derision collusion exclusion shrinking … Continue reading
Posted in Mindful, poetry
Tagged cost of fear, exclusionary, fear, judgmental, mindful, poetry, Pyrrhic victory, small minded, trepidation
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Joy! Rapture! ALIVE!ll
When I feel at sea like this, lost or lonely or sad, I try to remember to read Joseph Campbell’s work, to soak up his luminescent spirit and let it light the way…. May it bring you inspiration. “People say … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Soulful
Tagged alive, being alive, Dance, embodied, Inspiration, Joseph Campbell, Joy, luminous, meaning of life, meaningful, on the path, physical, quotes, rapture, resonance, your path
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“What do you [still] stand for?”
Well, our upcoming move is putting my integrity to the true test. At stake are my beloved Walls of Inspiration: our bathroom walls on which we and many houseguests have written inspiring quotes for the past 15 years. It’s not … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Inspiration, Kindness/Generosity, Soulful
Tagged "Daring Greatly", Aesthetics, Beauty, convention, courage, daring, decor, expansive, home, Inspiration, question assumptions, quotes, social pressure, writing on the walls
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quest of a lifetime
Maybe we’re fools for even trying. Maybe we’ll falter. Or fail. Maybe we’re not strong enough, or talented, nimble, young, adaptable, swift, skilled, creative, resilient or brave enough. Maybe the road will be too treacherous, tripping us up with boulders … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Mindful, poetry, Soulful
Tagged "Daring Greatly", adventure, aliveness, courage, Dance, daring, expansive, hero, Inspiration, into the unknown, moment, movement, moving, passion, poetry, possibility and expansiveness, quest, quotes, risktaking, vibrancy
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Something To Live For: Life Lessons Fr
Originally posted on Sirena Tales:
Sometimes this passion for dancing seems like madness. Take this morning. Heading out early into the cold, discouraging day, I slipped repeatedly on black ice, tweaking an old injury. As I scraped my car’s frozen…
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Dance, flow, grounded, Joy, meaningful, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, mindful, movement, optimal experience, passion, physicality, positivity, quotes, the still point, transcendence
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fresh vista
he slowly opened the dark windows so long sealed inside himself yielding to the green breezes and the breathless flourish of wings aflutter, unshuttered at last allowing to trickle what he had never needed, nor wanted into rivulets forgiving as … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Kindness/Generosity, poetry, Soulful
Tagged allowing, breeze, forgiveness, fresh, golden dawn, greenery, hopeful, Inspiration, letting go, nature, open up, opening, outdoors, poetry, possibility and expansiveness, rivulets, vista
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Being Present: Life Lessons from Dancing
We’re moving. We’ve lived in this lovely home for over twenty years. Countless memories of all different flavors sing, shout and whisper from every inch of space. But it will soon be time to go: A very different and equally … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Mindful, Soulful
Tagged awareness, being present, Dance, dancer, inimitable, Inspiration, last time, life lessons, mindful, moments, movement, moving house, Performance, performer, present moment, quotes
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