a well
August Playfulness – The Well of Observation
In the northeast we are definitely living more intense “dog days of summer” as we often call the hottest days in July and August. This year, it is pretty much every day! With the dog days in mind, I thought I’d choose a well that feels easier than some. Many have to walk…
Read MoreThe Well of Not Knowing: Until the Next Time
Last evening I was sitting in the shade under big maple branches. There was a lovely breeze floating through them, leaves dancing above me. I was thinking about how to bookmark the writing about this well for now. Over decades I have bought hundreds of non-fiction books. I have bought most with…
Read MoreThe Well of Not Knowing: Further Reflections and Resource
This week, Tuesday is the new Monday for my blog, one that is a bit random. Yesterday began with not knowing, which in the whole scheme of things was minor. It was the first time in visits to dentists since childhood that I was anxious. There were definite unknowns about the potential risks of the…
Read MoreFriday Musing: A Companion to Not Knowing
I am looking out my living room window to the clear sky, clear outlines of the thousands of leaves on the big tree, clear curvy posts on the little balcony railing and thinking about how astoundingly clear I feel in this space. At the park where I often walk there is a path one…
Read MoreThe Well of Not Knowing: Recognizing Early Influences
Intro In a light-hearted spirit, I continue to discover there is so much to this topic that I “don’t know” quite how to sort it out myself. I know the well is exactly the place to be. I can dip and let it provide me with perspectives and musings that do not have to…
Read MoreFriday Musing
Several weeks ago now, returning a lampshade, I was taken with the overhead light display in the store, every inch of the ceiling holding a different fixture. While the owner processed my return I stood looking at the hundreds of fixtures, fascinated. I was taken with how completely different they were and wondered how I…
Read MoreThe Well of Not Knowing
Not too long before March 2020, I was browsing a local bookstore, a favorite haunt. Every so often it feels a book pushes itself a bit off the shelf so I do not miss it. This also happens at home with books I have not yet read. They seem to choose the right time to…
Read MoreDip Into the Well of Light – Receiving, Offering, Knowing
Saturday, under the canopy of the sun, blue sky and spectacular clouds, in spacious, open land, I walked. At home, my mind was racing without stopping, reflecting on the events of the week and wondering how to be with them, how to acknowledge the felt darkness as someone who wants to keep it at bay,…
Read MoreThe Well of Childhood
Ah, I know exactly what it is that drew me to this well this morning, a well where I could stay and dip for days. It is a well of true refreshment; it is refreshment I do not take lightly. Walking the other night in my “new” old neighborhood, the scent reached me before…
Read MoreSpace
Not outer space. This space. THIS space where I am sitting in this moment. This space with its little turret like windows, five of them, sun shining through and spring green seen outside the one right next to me. Crows loudly, boldly caw their morning meditation so the whole neighborhood can partake. I…
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