It is not uncommon these days to buy followers online or to use strategies for inflating the number of followers that have nothing to do with true connection. Leaders sometimes create followings by "force or cunning, by conspiracy or by…
Yesterday I saw a robin hopping around in the yard for the first time this year. For me, nothing says spring more than the return of birds who fly south for the winter. Spring migration reaches its peak in May,…
Sometimes it is necessary to hide your light. That is the message of Hexagram 36, Darkening of the Light, from the I Ching, which is our hexagram host for this final week of Pisces season. But wait a minute. Isn't…
Grace has been a favorite word of mine since childhood. When I was born my grandmother gave my parents a framed print of an explanation of what the name Anita means and it hung on the wall of my childhood…
Have you ever put on a pot of water on the stove to boil, walked away for a bit, then totally forgot about it until the pot boiled over? It's possible I've done that a time or two (ahem). That…