Elizabeth Duvivier 
This week it is all about the mail. Our little post office here gets caught up in the spirit too as they heft the brimming mail crates onto the counter for us to cart back to Squamlandia where amidst twinkle lights and sleeping mutts, we settle each person into their classes and tuck them into the most perfect cottage we can arrange. And, though the pace is steady and our mood quietly elated– the stream of email and activity is pretty high since we have … View Post
It’s all like a dream. Everything is ecstasy, inside. We just don’t know it because of our thinking-minds. But in our true blissful essence of mind is known that everything is alright forever and forever and forever. Close your eyes, let your hands and nerve-ends drop, stop breathing for 3 seconds, listen to the silence inside the illusion of the world, and you will remember the lesson you forgot, which was taught in immense milky way soft cloud innumerable worlds long ago and not even … View Post
There are some things I intended to share here today, but they have been washed away since the massacre in Connecticut on Friday. Like you, my heart is raw and aching. I am struggling to process this specific event while seeing it in the context of what has been happening in this country on a regular basis. On a regular basis. I know that no one comes to this site for my political viewpoint and I am not someone who has any need to share … View Post
wild carrot aka queen anne’s lace In this moment as I write to you, the humidity has rolled back in and the air feels thick, but at 8:00 am the sky was clear and the temperature much cooler. I took the dogs to the beach and it was a slice of heaven. The beauty of starting a Monday morning with a walk on the beach when I am not on holiday is not lost on me. photos: Forrest K. Elliot I remember a conversation I … View Post
“Each of us has the capacity not only for great happiness but also for bringing great happiness to others.” – Thich Nhat Hanh, Good Citizens One good way to start off a summer day is to take a long walk along the seashore, so the dogs and I hit the beach early this morning. They swam until they could swim no more and then– back to the office where the windows are wide open to the breezes that remind me why paperweights were once so … View Post
