Quote for Today: Dawn French
There is a latent fairy in all women, but look how carefully we have to secrete her in order to be taken seriously. And fairies come in all shapes, colours, …
Building Creative Resilience: Strategies for Cultivating Enchantment
Adversity and boredom can strip away our joy and creativity. Can a sense of enchantment improve our resilience? Boredom © Jae with CCLicense Have you ever felt as if you were …
This is Kansas? Thoughts on a Sunrise over Lake Scott
We classify everything by our own experience. How do we keep this natural self-centeredness from blinding us to new things? This summer my husband and I took our small RV …
Quote for Today: L.M. Montgomery
I love my garden, and I love working in it. To potter with green growing things, watching each day to see the dear, new sprouts come up, is like …
Quote for Today: M.E. Thomas
When you grow up as a girl, it is like there are faint chalk lines traced approximately three inches around your entire body at all times, drawn by society and …
The Roots We Carry With Us: Synkroniciti’s Open Mic: The Journey
Sometimes journeys and experiences bring our roots into focus. How do we use that vision to improve our lives? We had our third Open Mic here at synkroniciti on February 22. It was a …
Quote for Today: Martin Buber
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. —Martin Buber,The Legend of the Baal-Shem
Quote for Today: Lao Tzu
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. —Lao Tzu
Quote for Today: Rebecca Solnit
I love going out of my way, beyond what I know, and finding my way back a few extra miles, by another trail, with a compass that argues with the …
Quote for Today: Maya Angelou
“Sister, there are people who went to sleep all over the world last night, poor and rich and white and black, but they will never wake again. Sister, those who …