nifty keen in a pinch
hi friend, oops. please click the page called “nifty keen in a pinch” over on the right. … somehow i’ve made the story of nifty, who hails from harbor le cou, a page, instead of a post. oh, will i ever learn this blogging business? thanks for your extra clicking skills, lordflea
Read Moregroovin’ with the newfies
hi everyOne, we’re baaaa-ck! back from sailing the gorgeous, wild, mystical, mysterious, and oh-so-weird southern coast of newfoundland. two weeks away! many books read: my third read of “Eat Pray Love” — enjoyed it even more this time around “A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night,” the Dalai Lama’s interpretation of an ancient text…
Read Moreup up and away—-goin’ sailing!
greetings, the biggest enjoyment in my life is to be at sea. i simply adore the roar and the pulse and the movement, the flow of the ocean. the sea was my first spiritual teacher. i am at one with the sea when i am near Her, on Her, in Her. being a sailor of…
Read Morethe day after another storm hits
hi everyone, for a while there we all felt like singing, to the melody of “the twelve days of Christmas”…on the fourth day of Fay-ay, my true love gave to me. but then she (the hurricane that dissipated into a tropical storm) finally inched her way westward. we had mucho precipitation, but thankfully no major…
Read Morein the eye of the hurricane…or pretty darn close!
hi friend, today we woke in st. augustine thinking perhaps we’d be struck by hurricane fay sometime later today. fey, she’s being called also, which is ironic, as “fe” (pronounced fay) means “faith” in spanish. right now, at 1pm. she’s been downgraded back to a tropical storm, and we’re beginning to relax a little. the beaches…
Read Morechoose to focus on …
hi friends, we can either focus on the hard stuff in life…the injustices, the gripes, the grief, the dis-ease, pain, evil, hardships and challenges … or … we can focus on something entirely different and break free: i’m sure you’ve had the experience: what you think is what you become. athletes use focusing techniques to win; students ace tests…
Read Morehip openers, backbends, breath and self-love
hi friend, today i’m going to the second day of my hatha yoga workshop here in st. augustine. can’t write much, but wanted to say, as i say so often inside how much i love doing yoga, being with yoga people, learning the depths of what yoga has to offer. yoga, the poses, the philosophy,…
Read Moreour best friend, ghee
hi friend, in honor of nancy’s request: here’s how to make ghee (taught to me by ayurvedic friends fresh back from years-long stay, studying in India). start off with frozen (this is my method at least, as i never have time to defrost!) UN-SALTED good-quality butter. please remember that the time you invest in making…
Read Morejust learning … the pleasures of granola
dear friends, this blog thing is challenging! yesterday i spent a little time with my efforts, and today i found out i put the “post” in the “page” category, and don’t ask me how that happened? anyway, if you want to see if, i guess you have to click on the sidebar, at the top,…
Read Morehow it looks, how it feels
everyday i do a little bit of what some call yoga, but i prefer to describe what i do as how i’ve learned to pray with my body. it all started with PAIN. excruciating, nerve-clamping PAIN. in childhood i developed scoliosis in the sacrum area. pain became my “invisible friend” like other kids had angels, little elfs, or fairies (no…
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