Tag Archives: intrepid

Intrepid: Life Lessons from Dancing

A living room. A town green. A Zoom screen. A sand bar. A list of random nouns? Nope. To keep dancing this past year, these have been my “venues” for teaching, rehearsing and performing. As I prepared to teach class … Continue reading

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Daring To Dare

“I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.”~Maya Angelou The day started with the soaring words above sent from the always inspiring Angie . Then the newspaper arrived with a feature about Devon … Continue reading

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brave and bold

out beyond the shallows and the sturdy sand and stone, beyond familiar, oft told, well known formed from quiet, strength fluidity, no tepid takers these everyday everywhere heroes of imagination of intrepidity adventure in the infinite beyond within and beyond “The … Continue reading

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mermaid lessons

Feed your soul with what enchants you Bask Rough seas will pass ~~Ebb~~~ and~~ flow~~~~ Cultivate beauty and joy Dive deeply: ’tis where the richest treasures lie Play Your heart is your true compass: listen Fill your sails with your … Continue reading

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back from the deep

wave after vast wave crashing down, staggering us here comes another \\\\ cannot recover squelched breath of too many dreams spectered ocean teems \\\\ deep dark descending unending fall, now halted by exalted calls ~~~~ distant, haunting tune insistent, enchanting … Continue reading

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valiant, you poets

What keeps poets going?  I have just read several inspired works here in WordPress Wonderland, and my grateful and inspired heart wonders…. Wonders at the beauty and the generosity, of course.  But also wonders at the (phenomenal) phenomenon: that so … Continue reading

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rough seas

My tempestuous father was an intrepid man of the sea.  The wind and the waves: an ineffable balm for so many fiery souls.  Sun-drenched memories string a shell necklace, beautiful and imperfect, of summer hours spent with his teaching this long … Continue reading

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sea swim to sunset

When you walk this solitary path into the twilit sea warm sugared sand softens your crunching tread soundlessly a lilting sun will spew a dazzling carpet of diamonds welcoming you iridescent reminding that pages turned  gleam on reminiscent When you … Continue reading

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Princesses and Dragons

What if we are all heroes of amazing tales yearning to be spun, awaiting only our rise to the heights of our glowing promise? What if the noises that go bump in our souls’ night are simply an exuberant symphony … Continue reading

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Just keep going: baking and other fiascos

It started pretty simply and promisingly.  I spotted a brand spanking new cookie recipe yesterday while reading a magazine at the hairdresser’s. I just had to run home to try it out right away. You know–trying new things, sailing away … Continue reading

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