I was upstairs this morning making some various art messes and as I was painting pages in my art journal because I thought that might get me into the creative flow (which feels tantalizing close these days but I’m not quite immersed in it yet) and as I was painting I watched thoughts go by [...]

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I read the most beautiful poem in LIFE IS A VERB by Patti Digh last night. I love this book – Patti has taken what could be a hackneyed subject–how would you live if you had 37 days left? – and made it sing through her deep heart and generously wonderful writing. The poem that [...]

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That’s the tag line for this blog/website – Kindly Find Yourself – and it’s a phrase I’m sweetly resonating with right now. It is becoming my little creative beacon. My friend Eric wrote this in response to me talking to him about Kindly Find Yourself as a retreat/class title: Kindly – Do this with loving [...]

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I groove on the coming of fall because I get reenergized to learn. I start reading more. Listening to Sounds True audios in the car. Pouring over class offerings in my neck of the woods: art, writing, meditation, even yoga teacher training (so can I incorporate more yoga into my retreats). I also love fall [...]

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