.full moon SUPER moon in Taurus.

Some healing thoughts for this beautiful SUPER moon tonight! I hope it's clear where you are.

"Spend time in places where the land is untouched and wild and you can align your heartbeat with that of Mother Earth. Allow her energy to soothe our souls, ground us and remind us of what is eternal and true. We all belong. There is work ahead, but we are in this together. We are the bridge, and we must each individually and collectively continue to work on healing the divides."

“We’re empowered when we enjoy the present, neither mourning the past nor dreading the future. We’re stronger when we let go of the toxic need to be drawn into intrigues and power plays."

- Mystic Mamma

.where I'm from.

A few weeks ago I went back to Washington, my home state for a few days for a dear friends' wedding after a year and that was only for 2 days so it's really been 2 years since I have spent a good amount of time in Washington. I was excited to see what it felt like to be in Washington. What would the year on the East Coast feel like - would I feel/see the difference in my reflection against the PNW background?

I did. It felt different. It felt quiet. There was a solitude, which felt big and a little lonely to my east coast layers. Then we went for a hike up castle rock and there it was - that feeling - that energy - that belonging. If there's anything that reminds me of where I am from it's those desert hues of the sage foothills. Maybe it's not my home but those are the hills that raised me - the hills that taught me to feel inspirations - the hills that calm me - the hills I use to whisper my secrets to - the hills that fill my soul with the urge to create - those hills are my cleansing ocean wave in the the arid inland terrain.

What gives you that urge? Overflows your soul? Energizes your whole being? Where do you find that? I'd love to hear!!

.the road home.

The road home - over the mountains down into the valley.

.hello spring.

Spring - I've never been so excited to reunite with you. 

“…we are called in this life to attend a changing landscape, both outwardly and inwardly. As emotional beasts, we often blind ourselves running cheetahlike into the thorns that sprout in our way.

“Sometimes this is unavoidable, but part of our dance as human beings is to live in full acceptance of the fact that nothing, not even the earth beneath our feet, is standing still. This acceptance gives rise to a sensibility akin to tai chi in which we can flow, whenever possible, like water around the thorns that sprout near our eyes.

“So the deeper lesson is that adapting to the flow of life is more than reacting to things that just seem to happen. It requires our continual attention and movement with the life around us, the way underwater sea grass sways with the currents. For existence is a constant work in progress, not a still life, and like it or not, we are constant participants connected to everything in view or not.”

~Mark Nepo from The Exquisite Risk: Daring to Live an Authentic Life

.winter transitions.

.bucka-licious.

I love rural Washington. 
It's so peaceful and invigorating. 
I curled up to read THIS that filled my mind with big thoughts and long moments of wonder. 
We went on long drives to find ghost towns and abandoned barns so lovely you wonder who could ever leave them. 

It reminded me to reconnect on a daily basis with this beautiful land.

I'm now off to Chicago with my Sister for a week of city fun with the cousin. Thank you, Southwest Airlines for offering great holiday fares.  WOOHOO!

What are you holiday plans?

.around.

Today the sun shined like it was a crisp fall day and wanting to soak all of it up before the dreary real December sets in I enacted the perfect sunny December day in the 509 which includes (but not limited to)...

1. Go to Salvation Army.

where you will surely find things you don't NEED but have to have anyway. Herbal almanac? Who says no to herbs?

2. Go on a hike.

3. Bake something delicious. I made these. wow! DO IT.

.drives.

taking drives up on badger mountain road the clouds hung low and the snow piled up. 
how easily i can change my environment (perspectives). 

happy weekend to you and yours.

.509.

It's strangely familiar yet different to be back in the 509 summer sun, strong and demanding. 

Savoring the moments that come and tasting it's beauty with new depth.

daroga park

estes fruit stand

papa and the beanstalk?

nana assessing the garden

a gift from a passing bird

green beans and hot air balloons

you are going to grow up to be some mighty delicious fruit leather

love.