So! Last week I told a very dignified story about a river, and sharp rocks, and the moral was BUY THE DAMN RIVER SHOES and you can read that right here if you missed it. I heard back from so many of you who wrote me saying, “Ohmygoddess!!! This is SO ME!!!!” (and most of you […]

We survived camping!! And 18 hours in the car!!! And then a 24-hour turnaround that involved 12+ loads of laundry so that five out of our seven could head off to their next adventure! So about that river. There it is above, sparkling and cold, home to friendly snakes and little fishies, with the magical power to […]

Today I want to share with you some deep spiritual lessons I have learned from the pilgrimage we recently took with our children. We drove from Calgary down to Portland, where we are staying for a few weeks (whee!). Seven people in a minivan for 14 hours is truly a sacred journey, right up there with […]

That’s me this week, getting an unexpected horse kiss.​ Today I’m going to talk to you about a completely new topic that I have never mentioned before, ever. Just kidding!!! Nah, I’m learning the SAME THING all over again. Because apparently I forgot. (Again.) Also, we learn in spirals, and I’m circling around the same […]

I have been thinking a lot this week about empathy. Empathy is what you, my dear kindred spirits, have in spades. (Spades? Hell, you have mountains of it; oceans of it!) Empathy is what makes us all feel so sick right now. Empathy is what makes it so easy for us to imagine ourselves in the […]