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In Walking Away, We Can Miss A Lot

I spent a long weekend in Brooklyn, New York where I visited my youngest son. We walked, we talked, drank great coffee, ate ethnic food and talked about the times we find ourselves in. All too soon it was time to go. I took the subway to Penn Station in New York, and then the New…

April 7, 2017

We All Come From Somewhere We Consider Home

The place we currently live may or not be where our heart considers home. I was born in Northwest Germany within a mile or so of the North Sea. When I was almost 6 my family emigrated to the U.S. and we settled in South Central Nebraska … flat like Northern Germany but wide open spaces…

March 16, 2017

Pepper On A Window Sill

Many times when we are in transition we choose or have to learn skills not previously known that will help us travel a new path. This week I’ve been reading a book by Chuck DeGroat entitled: Wholeheartedness: Busyness, Exhaustion and Healing the Divided Self. I was particularly drawn to…

February 24, 2017

Off The Map

©IBKimage2016 In November of 2016 I spent the weekend in New Orleans to participate in a surprise 70th birthday event for a dear friend of 42 years. Having arrived a day early, and settled at the Auld Sweet Olive Bed and Breakfast ,I ventured out with a…

February 10, 2017

New Beginnings

Dear Readers: I left you here in the conservatory at the Denver Botanic Garden when I posted a blog on July 31,2015. In that last blog I said: “Having recently experienced several non routine events in some areas of my life, I’d like to offer an insight.…

January 26, 2017

Shift Happens

We’ve heard the term ” ***t happens” … a deadline looms ; health issues change our routines; a new job requires re-orientation from familiar patterns; the dog dies; the old arguments resurface; you live with a two year old; and so on. It is easy in these times to quickly seek an answer,to work at a solution, to make our case, and to…

July 31, 2015

It’s Your Turn Update.

In my last blog I supplied the image, and I asked you dear readers to supply the words in response to this question. What thoughts about transition come to mind for you as you reflect on this image? Here are some of your thoughts. “Some images…

July 17, 2015

Your Turn

Mobiles hanging in a space always draw me in to watch how light plays with movement. Today I thought it would be fun to reverse roles. I’m supplying the image, and I ask you dear readers to supply the words. What thoughts about transition come to mind for you as you reflect on this image?…

June 25, 2015

New Directions

Today’s image is a giant palm leaf that I photographed at the Denver Botanic Garden Greenhouse in early winter 2009, using a ®Canon Point and Click digital camera – my first one – purchased in 2007 to document family celebrations. It was a time of new direction in my life…

June 12, 2015

Time Well Wasted

Recently, I had the privilege to hear “someone’s heart” about some major decisions regarding a hoped for direction in a relationship and a desire to engage in more frequent work or perhaps a career change. After several interactions and some movement forward, I received…

May 8, 2015