A while ago I subscribed to an email series called The Bridge and today I was trawling through them in search of inspiration for a writing project. I have kept each of these emails as they have arrived over the weeks past and now I use them as a kind of inspirational guidance tool. Whichever one catches my eye that's the one I work with (usually).

Today the post that attracted my attention was titled: Staying Uplifted.

I've been thinking about what… Continue

When I lived in the UK I had a beautiful little Shitsu called Lola.
Lola was an absolute “babe”. She could lift my spirits within minutes of being with her. She always could sense if I was sad or morose, and at times like this she would quietly come and park herself near me; it was her… Continue

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficul… Continue

After Divine Liturgy last Sunday I had a long conversation with a fellow parishoner who was trained as a Christian Science practicioner and still considers himself very much in the New Thought / Religious Science tradition, though of course no longer in communion with his former Mother Church. I, too, have an NT formation in that my Episcopalian mother admired Norman Vincent Peale, and my father, though a devout if somewhat unorthodox Roman Catholic, followed the more secular writings of Claude… Continue

Last week some girlfriends and I were chatting together over a “liquid lunch” when one of my friends asked, “what animal would the people that know you say you are?”. Well at this point, I started to think about all the lovely creatures I “felt” I could be; a lovely butterfly, a peacock, a… Continue