Connecting Body & Soul: What I Learned from Marion Woodman
In late August 2022, Patricia Martin of the C.G. Jung Society of Chicago interviewed me…
Journey to India, Part 3
Blurry from jet lag, we followed the desk clerk’s vague directions and searched for the…
Out of Control, Part 2 (Journey to India)
We grabbed our carry-ons and sprinted to the ticket counter. Our plane had just left,…
Out of Control: Pilgrimage to India 1
I stacked energy bars and Imodium on the dining room table a month before we…
Soul Animals
Orange fritillary butterflies flutter beside the trail, dining on coneflower nectar and dew. The dogs…
Butterflies, Dreams, and Marion Woodman
In late June, I receive encouraging editorial feedback about the first draft of my book…
Saving the Farm
In July 1972, they moved with their baby boy to a crumbling farmhouse on a…
What Bluebirds Teach Me About Not Giving Up
Dear Bluebird Mama, Earlier this week, I saw you carrying dried grasses inside a nesting…
The Tree Swallow’s Sacred Nest
Yesterday evening, after another wild thunderstorm, I look in the nesting box closest to my…
Green Gladness in Days of Grief
I sit on my back porch on a May evening and watch the hazy Moon…