When my daughter Lillian was little, we would celebrate the Winter Solstice in a magical way. The Solstice fairy would leave magical presents at the doorstep. We would read solstice stories while eating cookies, and then we would light candles in all the windows and go for a walk in the dark. We’d talk about [...]

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For the last few weeks, I’ve been sending out resurrected bits from the Daily Dollop, which I published um, daily, a few years back. These are little dollops (doh) of grounding kindness, mindful questions from The Life Organizer and reminders to rrrreeelax. (You do subscribe to the newsletter, right? It’s different than the blog – [...]

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Today’s Dollop was inspired by reading Krista Tippet’s online journal about her interview with Quaker author and educator, Parker Palmer. Krista shared some questions that Palmer’s psychiatrist asked him when he was depressed. I’ve changed the questions a bit to reflect the wider experience many of us are having around uncertainty and holiday stress. Could [...]

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Choose Your Life Monday is an invitation to name what pattern you will lovingly notice this week and to do so in community. Of course, you can do it any day you want- you don’t have to start on Monday. Join in when and whenever suits you. Want to join me? What do you want to notice this week? [...]

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