Everyone already knows I have long enjoyed a strong connection with Native American energy. I am surrounded by it and have a most affectionate relationship with my spirit guides Jonathan, his wolf, and Elder Grandmother.  They bring a gentle wisdom through their reverence and respect for Mother Earth, nature, and all creatures. So let’s say that’s part one of [...]

(subtitle:  Another Adventure in Aging) Early this month THWAM and I spent a great weekend in Austin with family, celebrating a 4th birthday; it was outstanding in the fun department. But we did experience a little blip in the bliss. Back story: THWAM has weird eyes, and recently they’ve been weirder than usual.  It involves cross-eyedness ( you [...]

Okay, by now you know that I live with one foot in the physical world and one in the spiritual world. It’s a wonderful life and I no longer apologize for it, or minimize it, or disguise it.  I embrace it. My first conscious connection with spirit guides was with a group who called themselves [...]

I have the pleasure (and habit) of eating at our neighborhood deli cafe two or more times a week, breakfast or lunch.  On Wednesdays THWAM and I show up for lunch, on Saturdays it’s my two BFs for breakfast, and sometimes there’s third time with whoever’s available. It’s great being a regular somewhere.  We know the [...]

A few weeks after returning from the crazy-wonderful Sedona trip, I followed a spiritual nudge to an afternoon event at the Spiritual Fitness Center here in town.  I had no known purpose in going except for the message in my head that said,  “you will talk with someone you already know.”  I’ve learned to just go [...]

There has been a new addition to my sacred space.  On a recent visit to Austin, two of my beloveds (M and H) were eager to take me to a place they had discovered, a place they thought this grandma would love.  Why would I love it?  Because Whole Life Books, on Lamar, is quirky, [...]

First, please don’t be concerned about my self-esteem just because I refer to myself as an old lady.  I’ve earned the title by living well for a long time, and I think I make a grand one. I had a real old lady moment last Wednesday when I took a tumble.  Fear of falling is built [...]

In early May of this year, THWAM* and I took our first real road trip since summer 2001. (The man is not a huge fan of driving for days on end.) That one took us 5631 miles in a huge circle from Texas to San Diego and up the Pacific coast then round to Colorado and back to [...]

It was Mary shouting into the phone yesterday, “I’m alive and I’m home! Did you do your words?” Yes indeed, she’s a crackerjack. The hospital stay lasted a month, and I don’t think she remembers that she called here twice during that time. She’s home now, but not really, since her children have moved her [...]

The modest livingroom in our equally modest ranch house is my space now. It’s mine simply because I’ve filled it with objects that are dear to me, and I feel uncommonly welcome there. In that room I vibrate with the beneficial energy the objects bring. Nearly everything has a connection to someone I love, and it’s their [...]