I’ve recently become acquainted with the poetry of Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. Her work is deeply moving and liminal. She is helping me look at this uncertain world in a new way. Lately her poem Belonging …
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Human Need to Belong
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What is Your Art?
Creativity is the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating, and entertaining ourselves and others. ~ Robert E. Franken in “Human Motivation” When I was …
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Life is Too Beautiful Not to Live It
Beauty. They say it’s in the eye of the beholder. I think that’s true to an extent, but it seems to me that there are some things that are just objectively beautiful. I’m not talking about …
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Unexpected Sparks
Earlier this month, my partner and I spent a long weekend in Woodstock, Vermont. It was pretty much peak foliage. I imagined we would see some bright leaves, which we did. The mountainsides were covered …
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Thin Places – The Infinite Whatever
I’ve long been intrigued by thin places. In Celtic tradition, thin places are locations where the energy between this world and the eternal thins. In these places, we become more aware of our connection to …
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Spiritual Docent
Since starting my business a little over a year ago, part of my work has been educating people about the work of a ritual designer and officiant. People connect with the work of a wedding …
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Spiritual Care
There are a couple different ways to understand spirituality. Many people associate spirituality with religion or religious belief. Another way to understand spirituality is as the natural, human search for meaning and purpose. This can …
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