by Lesley | Jan 1, 2020 | Creativity, Relationships, Surrender, Uncategorized |
Spring I search Zillow for a house or apartment. Each day, I buzz through the ads. I must move out of my new home. But in my morning practice I melt into the ocean float on gentle waves. Back on land my mind becomes certain again. After living alone for...
by Lesley | Dec 4, 2019 | courage, Soul, Surrender, Uncategorized |
Someone has died. It’s a quiet notion that fully forms in my heart as I sort through my possessions toward the end of this moving day. That kayak and helmet, climbing harness and chalk bag, those photos of a sun-parched woman wide-eyed and eager, are now...
by Lesley | Oct 15, 2019 | Soul, Sound, Surrender, Uncategorized |
Like a bird who can’t enjoy flying but instead only pecks, eats and drinks, I race from one activity to the next. I end each day stretched out on the bed wanting nothing but sleep. But suddenly I awaken. I watch my movements fast and jerky, my...
by Lesley | Aug 28, 2019 | consciousness, courage, Devotion, Soul, Surrender, Uncategorized |
I’m excited to let you know that my new book, All Is Love, has arrived. It is a compilation of stories, written in poetry and essay form, as well as a few photos. These stories arose from my day-to-day experience of living with and doing my best to honor the true...
by Lesley | Aug 14, 2019 | Beloved, courage, Surrender, Uncategorized |
I nearly sit on the yellow moth speckled with gray that rests on the patio chair. Sadly, it crawls across the metal, wobbling with its single wing. Up close I see the dark spot where the second wing once hung. Oh you poor flightless soul. No longer will...
by Lesley | Nov 17, 2018 | Beloved, Devotion, Relationships, Surrender, Uncategorized |
In this house everything is new. Nowhere do I see remnants of the past. The bookshelf that once held legal dramas and murder mysteries, now holds only love poems. And that stove, that brewed witches’ stews of boiled stink-eyes and simmering regrets, now,...
