Walking along the beach, I’m drawn into the bramble of a small grove.Explorer’s eyes wide-open. Shells and sea creatures washed ashore catching my attention. A scanning gaze joltingly stops at a large dead bird. A pelican’s body, twisted and strewn out. Recently deceased as is evident from the perfections of life still intact. I’m drawn […]
Category Archives: death
Rest in Peace, Jerry Fuchs
It’s been awhile since I was this inspired by reading about another person’s life. Death has a way of doing that – inviting people to articulate what is most preciously present in their hearts. I am currently being drawn into the comments and articles being written about Jerry Fuchs. Continuously I am moved to tears […]
Celebrating Mr. Clean, Celebrating Life’s Force
In case you’ve been following the story of my dad’s health, here’s the exciting update. He was photographed on Tuesday (cat scan). Technology peered into his body to articulate the progress of his recovery. The image that came back invites deep celebration as he is clean with no signs of cancer in the picture!! Yippee!!! […]
Letting Go, Passing Away and Coming Together
A few nights ago while I was at the coast in LaPush, sinking into a powerful place during a time of deep change, learning from the raging winds, enormous waves, wisdom of the land, and lessons of community, I had a powerful dream. While I was writing the dream the next morning, I felt my […]
honoring life
this precious reminder/guidance is from chris corrigan’s sharing about the celebration of his father-in-law’s life. As Merle Ace. one of Pete’s long time academic colleagues said, the greatest honour is to be remembered in the way in which you wanted to be remembered. Pete would have loved that celebration. will you share with us one […]