A beautiful heart can bring things into your life that all the money in the world couldn’t obtain. She was found as a stray on the streets of Chula Vista.  It was clear she had given birth; how many times, we will never know.     She gnawed her teeth down to the nub not from … [Read more...]

Find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing.  For to miss the joy is to miss it all.  Robert Louis Stevenson There is so much in our everyday life for which we can be grateful.  It could be our family, our children, the joy of watching a tomato or rose … [Read more...]

When people say it’s just a horse, they don’t understand.  When I saw Emily Mandel perched on her beloved horse Raja, I saw a world where possibility reigns.   Sadly, Raja is no longer on this plane of existence, but there is no doubt Emily’s love for this creature lives … [Read more...]

You can't run from the shadow.  But you can invite it to dance. Sometimes we have to travel to the edge of ourselves to take a new look at our center. Our lives are known by contrasts. Shadows make it possible to see light; similarly, light reminds us of the shadows. To really … [Read more...]

The best way to find God is to find love.  The other day, while in the car, I opened my Smartphone and asked Siri to speak to a colleague whose name was unique and started with a G.   Interestingly enough, Siri “thought” that I asked to speak to God.  She replied that she did … [Read more...]

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over it became a butterfly. I allowed myself these past few days to dip into negativity.    Of course, when it happens, I defend the dip as if it stands in absolute truth.   Except, the problem with this insistence on being … [Read more...]

Death is not the greatest loss in life.  The greatest loss is what dies within us while we live. Just before my grandfather died, he told my father that he wished he never shot the deer.  A lifelong hunter, it became one of my grandfather’s most profound regrets.  My father’s … [Read more...]

Dogs' lives are too short.  Their only fault, really.  Agnes Sligh Turnball I knew Wallace, a french bulldog, just a short time.  Lucky me, I encountered him at the digital photography firm, Chrome, where I often take my paintings to be photographed.  His owner, Israel … [Read more...]