Self discovery often means I work out my confusions while I sleep. I dreamt a nightmare last night and woke up grateful that the dream wasn’t real, but wow, it did teach me something. Continue reading “nightmare interpretation” »
Self discovery often means I work out my confusions while I sleep. I dreamt a nightmare last night and woke up grateful that the dream wasn’t real, but wow, it did teach me something. Continue reading “nightmare interpretation” »
Last night’s weird dream about teaching kids I didn’t know in an unfamiliar class and an unfriendly place left me feeling frustrated. Continue reading “choice yea or nae” »
Teaching was a great lifestyle career for me because I love youth and I love English and Art. I was so happy working with young people who honestly faced new information in various ways, excited, annoyed depressed terrified and oblivious to their surroundings. Continue reading “authentic delay” »
I remember the last time I needed a new pen was with my fountain pen in the fourth grade, when my teacher made us all write with cartridge pens, actually load the ink, blobs on paper couldn’t be helped. Continue reading “all I need” »
I recommend Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, a fascinating scientific book which explains the urgency of getting good sleep on a daily basis. The New Science of Sleep and Dreams includes research from UC Berkeley’s Professor Matthew Walker and the scientific sleep research community. Continue reading “power of sleep” »
Imagine a crockpot filled with melted beeswax and Damar resin standing beside a warming plate with square tins of melting pigment colors, ranging from black to lemon yellow. Soft haiku brushes stiff with wax thaw in the pans. Two anodized aluminum plates heated from hotplates are surfaces where wax painting takes place. Continue reading “painting with encaustics” »
Americans seem to forget we live and operate with violent behaviors every day. The 17 murdered people in Parkland, Florida, last Tuesday is our most recent tragedy. No words can truly depict horrendous gun shootings. Our nightmare brings more devastating lifelong fear and grief in untold ways. Continue reading “It’s not just him” »
Somewhere between youth and growing old lies the land of ‘figure out,’ which was a cracked divide between what I wanted and consequences of my actions. Peaceful heart, loneliness, loss, confusing disappointments surface. Remembering rough alcoholism, two failed marriages with the third one cresting to shore, I can better understand how to deal with the divide. Continue reading “dealing with the divide” »
Let’s focus on the positive. This is our special time to be spiritual beings having a human experience, and nobody gets away with ‘happy, happy, joy, joy’ all the time. We can be grateful we even get a piece of good times, considering the human race’s story. Continue reading “stay the course” »
Inferiority can be defined as pride in reverse. If I feel like I’m the worst person ever born, how is that any different than feeling like I’m the greatest? Both perspectives are not accurate, and both positions erode the soul. Continue reading “process” »