I have been working in Maui all week and driving 30 minutes each way to the office.  It has been so nurturing. The light and how it moves across the landscape is something you can only experience being here. It's something very special.  I turned off my phone and only checked in the am and at night which was quite [...]

Years ago to handle the crowds on the NY subway where I lived and commuted daily I would pretend everyone was my family as bodies were pressed up against each other as we all jammed ourselves into the car. Today I flew on Alaska Airlines from LAX to Maui for work and I felt enveloped in a family. From the [...]

In my writing I received this information: It [meaning anything I am doing] doesn’t have to be tied up in a perfect bow. What is important is that Spirit is in the bow you are tying and perfection is exchanged for beauty and the creative heart.

Walking up on Shelf Road here in Ojai I was touched by the array of life stages that passed me on the trail.  A very young girl holding her Mom's hand and moving at her pace. A true jock running past me in record speed. An older couple with walking sticks sauntering  gently and slowly up the trail. The young [...]