This painting just made me feel balanced. I’m a Libra, and these things are important. Balance is a dance in harmony with life – a continuum of mental adjustments along the road to maintaining...
New Thought
Backing Away From A Bad Idea
Florida Blue Crabs have to be one of the most delicious local meals there is. When I first came to Tampa Bay 30+ years ago they were plentiful. Today – not so much. We used to catch the crabs...
Safe-Tea
African American women take on the burdens of their families and communities like no other group of people. They are caring, involved, supportive… even to a fault. Maybe that’s why in America they...
May You Have Light
Behold the humble mangrove – Living in that magical estuary space between the ocean and the land. And in that half-earth, half-water environment it creates a world all its own. While the...
Tangled Daydreams
While sitting on a bench in Selby Gardens, Sarasota, my gaze fastened on the roots of a Banyan tree. It reminded me of some of my daydreams – the ones that get out of control, all twisted and...
We Are All Connected
We are here so the universe may know itself.Carl Sagan Just looking at the biological cycles of life, I always believed we were all connected, but now physicists are proving that, in fact, we are...
Balance Mandala
As any orthopedist will tell you, our feet were not designed to walk on artificial stuff like asphalt and concrete. They like the real thing. When we get away from the concrete, we find living...
Desert Princess
I lived in Iran during my high school years. Things were a little different for Americans during the time of the Shah than they are now. I’m so sorry that current politics keep our people...
Swing Into the Present
When I was a kid, I loved going to the playground and taking endless turns on the merry-go-round. I liked the way it felt to be at the center of the vortex and have everything around me become a...
Good Medicine
Dr. Carol Roberts is a pioneer. Decades before anyone was talking about alternative medicine, this physician was noticing that allergies and chronic diseases could be controlled by natural...