Photo by Dinah (c) Years ago two dear friends of ours owned a meditation center that was about an hour south of us. My friend facilitated a regular weekly meditation in the evening. Sometimes we’d co-facilitate those gatherings. It was fun because we were so drastically different. He was far more analytical than I and …
Category: Metaphysical
Challah (NPE/MPE) —Day 18/30
Photo from Unsplash Several weeks ago I told my husband that I wanted to buy some challah. That’s a bigger deal than it sounds because we have to drive about 40 minutes to get it. But I really wanted it.It seemed so strange to me. For most of my life I have not allowed myself …
Magic—Day 14/30
Photo from Unsplash The memory is still there. It’s still vivid. Magic was so real to me. Magic seemed as real as rain or snow or wind…. just as real and just as elusive… Like the weather, I didn’t understand where it came from… But I knew it was all around me. I knew that …
We Hope….Day 2/30
Photo by Dinah (c) Today… We did a lot! We hoped… And that is big, big work! Hope is not a standalone emotion. Hope is a mixture of so many things. It is faith. It is belief. It is wonder and magic and it makes living possible! We hope, so we voted today. We know …
Compassion for ALL….
The events of the world have been swirling around in my head. I’m sure I’m not alone in this. We seem to be living that old Chinese curse… You know the one, it says: May you always live in interesting times! My musings, however, may be a bit different than yours. Because of my physical …
#10minchallenge Day 1
Photo by Don Prompt: One man’s trash…. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m very much into metaphysics and all things “woo-woo.” It’s what feeds my soul. When I was just discovering the various avenues leading to metaphysics, my friend showed me a new quartz crystal that she’d bought at a stand in the mall. …
The big “IT”
Photo by Dinah (c) It sits there, like the face of someone I should know but can’t quite place. It sits there like a name or a word…on the tip of my tongue but just out of reach. It sits there like something I should know or like something I’ve forgotten and shouldn’t have. It …
Dinah’s Coffee Chat 4/30/21 SPRING!
This is what our crab apple tree will look like in a few weeks 💜 If we were having coffee....... If we were having coffee....I’d be so happy to see you! It’s a sunny Spring day and, to me anyway, everything is better in Spring! Welcome! Grab your favorite cup of whatever makes you happy …
Wisdom Wednesday 4/7/21–Rumi
Photo by Dinah heading south on the freeway. The sky was stunning! “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,there is a field. I’ll meet you there.When the soul lies down in that grass,the world is too full to talk about.Ideas, language, even the phrase “each other”doesn’t make any sense.The breeze at dawn has secrets to …
Wisdom Wednesday 2/24/21
“Mirroring & Mindfulness”-Photo by Dinah (c) Welcome back to Wisdom Wednesday!Last week we briefly discussed mindfulness. Mindfulness is about learning to pay attention. It’s about paying attention to what goes on around us and to how we choose to respond … Remembering that we have the ability to choose a thoughtful response rather than a …
Dinah’s…If We Were Having Coffee 2/12/21….
Photo by Dinah(c) Hello my friend! Thanks so much for stopping by for a cup of coffee and a chat. I’ve missed you. How have you been? I hope you’re surviving winter and that you’re still finding things to feel happy about! If we were having coffee, I would be delighted to see you. And …
Shifting Perspectives…If we were having coffee 12/18/20
Photo by Dinah (c) If we were having coffee..... Welcome my friend! Thank goodness for these weekend coffee shares. Lately, they have been the only time that I have focused on connecting with you. I’m hoping to improve that! If we were having coffee, I would, as usual, be so happy to spend some time …
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If we were having coffee…. 12/11/20
Photo taken by Dinah (c) If we were having coffee..... Welcome back my friend. It’s so good to see you. I always enjoy these coffee get togethers. Come, sit, get comfortable. If we were having coffee, I would want to know how you’re doing. What’s new? Tell me what you’ve been pondering this week… If …
WE DID IT -NaNoPoBlano Challenge Day 30/30
Wow!! We’ve reached the end of the monthlong NaNoPoBlano Challenge. And I’m thrilled to report that I did it....a blog post per day for 30 days! This is big because I had just started my blog like a week or so beforehand. As a complete newbie, I was apprehensive. But I’m so glad I did …
You! -NaNoPoBlano Challenge Day 26/30
Image from unsplash Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, I’m grateful for you! I see this life as a massive jigsaw puzzle or mosaic. Each one of us is a piece of the grand design. It’s crazy and ungainly and all of the images flow and bleed outside of the lines. All of the overlapping …
HoliDAZE Part 1 -NaNoPoBlano Challenge Day 25/30
Photo taken by my husband First of all...You’re not alone! It may well feel like you are and I know how hard it is to cope with that feeling. But you’re not alone. In the U.S., tomorrow is Thanksgiving. And that lights the fuse of cascading holidays or holiDAZE. Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, New Years... …
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No Certainty- NaNoPoBlano Challenge Day 24/30
These days have so many embedded questions that there’s no room for casual thoughts or thrilling conversations. Casual and thrilling have been temporarily replaced with uncertainty...especially in terms of the things that were always supposed to be certain. It was a certainty that the professionals would care for the aged and infirm when the time …
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Family Photos- NaNoPoBlano Challenge Day 23/30
Picture from Facebook Throughout my life, the word “family” was difficult. The word, the associated dynamics, the players...it was all stressful...still is. So I had to tweak and revise my definition multiple times. Family became about choice and ease once I realized that family isn’t just about genetics. Family is about including those who love …
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Communing with trees -NaNoPoBlano Challenge Day 21/30
Grand Matriarch When I was a kid, we lived about a block from “the duck pond.” It had a proper name. But it was a very small town and that’s what everyone called it. Back then, the town catered to the ducks. There was a feeding station where you could get a half of a …
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If we were having coffee 11/20/20 – NaNoPoBlano Challenge Day 20/30
Photo and virtual banana bread courtesy of my husband 💜 Welcome my friend! So happy to share some virtual time and space with you! If we were having coffee, I’d offer you coffee, tea, soda or water. I’d also offer you some of my husband’s banana bread. He’s using my mom’s recipe...and adding chocolate chips...because …
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Patience Please! – NaNoPoBlano Challenge Day 17/30
Photo taken, once again, by my husband! My dear friend Jo said to me years ago, “Dinah, immediate gratification is too slow for you!” And, of course he was spot on! I’m so bad at waiting. I feel like I’m walking a razor’s edge trying to be patient AND proactive. It seems to me that …
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If we were having coffee 11/14/20 -NaNoPoBlano Challenge Day 14/30
Good Morning my friend! Oh so good to see you! How was your week? I’m hoping all is well in your world. If we were having coffee I’d want you to go beyond the word “fine” and really tell me how you are. What frustrated you this week? Was it resolved, at least in your …
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Manifesting -NaNoPoBlano Challenge Day 11
I met Nancy over 25 years ago after my marriage and my world collapsed. I never saw it coming and I was barely hanging on at times. Most of the time, I felt like I was just moving through fog...pretending to function but so disengaged that I felt like an observer in my own life. …
Just Breathe-NaNoPoBlano Challenge Day 10
I thrive on certainty. I like routine. Sameness makes me feel safe. I’m strange that way. Maybe you are too?I suspect this is a byproduct of growing up in chaos. Dysfunction is threatening. Dysfunction, by it’s very nature, is unsettling and fatiguing and makes you hold your breath as if tension and breath can protect …
Livingston I Presume-NaNoPoBlano Day 7
When I was a kid, like 8-10 years old, my mom loved the story of Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. She had an album of Rod McKuen reading the book. And she played it ALL. THE. TIME. I grew to hate that story and Rod McKuen! But time heals and teaches and clarifies. I …
Angels among us!- NaNoPoBlano Day 9
Photo from Facebook I first posted the story below on Facebook, in a closed group, in August. I was testing the waters. I wanted to see how it felt to publicly share an experience that some might consider weird or… Whatever. It felt fine. It was received well. So now I’m sharing it publicly. One …
If we were having coffee 10/23/20….
If we were having coffee.....If we were having coffee, I know that this time I’d talk way too much. I’d be bursting to tell you about the journey I took without ever leaving my house!You see...I have been followed by land mines. The trip wires weren’t in the ground. They were in my voice. They …
What if….
What if I told you that I’ve been reading UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle and that one of her statements continues to follow me around? She says: “Shamelessness is my spiritual practice!” WOW!What if I told you that I now have been wondering who I would be if I were shameless? Could the me-ness that I’ve …
With Angels and Elephants 