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Forgiving the Future, Grieving the Past

Forgiving the Future, Grieving the Past

Many of the ideologies and ways of life we took for granted have been turned upside down in the last few months. Maybe it has been coming for a while and now we are feeling the full impact. When the COVID 19 pandemic first started, I was shocked and scared. Then I settled into a new routine with the hope that things would be back to normal in a few months. I now doubt that we will return back to…

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Incidental Healing

While I walked my dog along a river path today, I was thinking about how much I had valued solitary moments like that in the past. How did my solitary moments become my only outlet.

My last day of work was March 14, before I lost my job because of COVID 19, and time is really crawling. I consider myself to be an introvert and thought that social distancing would be a breeze. Six weeks in, I…

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New Years Plunge

New Years Plunge - A recollection of the follies of the holiday season.

I am trying to practice non-judgement as I look back at the last month but I really didn’t bring my A-game. My diet and habits have crashed over the last year and, not surprising, more so over the holidays. Consequently, my energy and creative flow is very stagnant. My kundalini snakes have fallen down the ladder and are hissing at each other.

I try not to put too much importance on specific…

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DNA - Our Karmic Map

DNA – Our Karmic Map

I just completed a DNA test through AncestryDNA and I am excited to get the results back. My Mother asked me if I wanted this as a gift and I said yes. I am excited about the opportunity to more about my family history and what my DNA is made up of. I hope there will be some interesting surprises.

While spitting into my collection tube – yuck! I started thinking what our genetic makeup is all…

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Why make?

As I am busy making last-minute gifts, while sitting at the sewing machine, I am thinking about why I make things instead of buying them, or why make art and crafts at all. In many cases, its cheaper and faster to buy a gift but instead I am spending a good chunk of my Sunday making stuff.  In my last post I talked about how my creativity manifests in different ways, but today I ponder what…

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Creative flow

Often I wonder about how creative flow works. I am sure there are scientific, spiritual and psychological perspectives. My brain seems to cycle through a number of outlets such as photography, jewellery design, graphic design, writing and lately I have been back into sewing (which I haven’t done for a long while). Sometimes the timing makes sense, like photography is easier in the summer and…

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