Pathway to Presence

Last Saturday, I took a small group to Wichita Wildlife Refuge for a mini-retreat, called Pathway to Presence.  Our focus was being present – not only while hiking, but also after we’d returned to our day-to-day lives.   The day started out rainy and a little cold, but we decided to trust the universe and by [...]

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The Longest Night (12/21)

The winter solstice is coming up (December 21) and I’m planning an evening of pampering…

I just received my copy of Solstice: Stories of Light in the Dark by Jen Lee and I’m saving it for…
A long hot bath that will feature Lavender Salt Soothers, and to top it off…
I’m finally going to burn my Follow Your [...]

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Flu Season

100 Days of Sacred Art & AEDM
(Nothing new to report )
Nanowrimo -  19,984 Words
The past few days, I’ve been making cups of comfort…

piles of used tissue…

and taking advantage of cozy nests…

But I’m on the mend and hope to be back to my regular old creative self soon!
Blessings,
Kelley

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Meeting My Conditions

My sister-writers have been emailing this week, sharing pictures, blogs, and little tidbits of writing.  One of the common threads seems to be our mutual struggle to adjust to the real world again.  Jennifer and Suzanne did not leave us hanging on this – our final ceremony was all about reentry and one of the [...]

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Taos Architecture

One of the things I loved most about Taos was its architecture.
The grand entrances…

The windows…

The roosters (I still love roosters even though my house is swimming with them)…

The colorful homes…

The places designated especially for slowing down…

Even the birds have it made…

And, okay, I didn’t see this in Taos, but isn’t it just about the prettiest [...]

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First Impressions

footsteps on squeaky floorboards
magpies chatting beside coyote fences
church bells singing through aspens
hollyhocks dancing on a painted breeze
and skies that suggest divine secrets
sensing a tribal connection
with soft, scattered voices,
with pencils scratching paper,
with fingers lightly tapping out the treasures
of writers exploring their souls
gently exploring words as they coalesce from chaos
beginning to make out the faint whispers of [...]

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Clear to Tucumcari!

When I was little, my grandpa would describe any long distance drive as being “clear to Tucumcari” – as in “he lives clear to Tucumcari!”  Until tonight, I thought it was a made-up word – not so!!  I am sitting in a Hampton Inn in Tucumcari, New Mexico.
It’s a very small Route 66 town – [...]

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Taos Writer’s Retreat

I love the retreat process and have made it my goal in life to not only provide opportunities for women to retreat, but also to attend at least one retreat per year myself.  Several weeks ago, I read about a writer’s retreat offering from Jennifer Louden (The Comfort Queen) and Suzanne Falter-Barnes.  I’m a big fan of [...]

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Wildflowers

I’m planning a mini-retreat in March and, since it will be early spring (fingers crossed, anyway), my theme is Pulling Weeds and Cultivating Growth.  As I worked tonight putting together journaling prompts, I was thinking about weeds and wildflowers and how sometimes the same growing thing can be considered both a weed and a wildflower, depending [...]

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Sacred Rest

I spent Sacred Sunday this week resting… hubbie and I both slept late and blew off making the bed, I spent most of the rest of day playing in the craft/yoga room listening to CDs, and didn’t even bother getting dressed until 3:00!!  I did go get some groceries, but stopped on the way to [...]

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