In this time of global unrest and pain felt by so many, may the coming weeks carry the sentiment of Pax Vobis: “Peace to You.” Art by:  ...

The uninhibited joy of a child is something to behold…and return to. Image found here . I feel like the people who I respect the most are...

Artwork by Katie Daisy. Print available on Etsy here . Notions and Contemplations As Goes One’s Closet, So Goes One’s…Life? It’s October,...

What places beckon presence for you? Painting by Ray Ellis . We convince by our presence. - Walt Whitman Notions and Contemplations...

Let’s hear it for the self-aware squawkers! Credit: David Shrigley To begin with oneself, not to end with oneself; to start from oneself,...

Yours truly getting out of my comfort zone with a little ice climbing adventure–a thrill not unlike launching this newsletter one year...

Credit: “The Self Love” by Brazilian artist Joao Incerti, available here . About the painting, Incerti says “Self love is about...

Tearing up the original may reveal something new and beautiful. Source   “In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the...

Passionflower and passionfruit by Étienne Denisse from Flore d’Amérique , 1846. (Available as a print , a cutting board , and stationery...

I always welcome a colorful reminder to “respire” or “breathe.” “This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals,...

Credit: David Shrigley \ Untitled (Chair), 2018 Listen to your heart and trust the direction you are being pulled. Something inside you...

Image courtesy of Dixon Rye ’s “ Quiet Decency ” email, 1/15/23 Through me course wide rivers and in me rise tall mountains. And beyond...

Credit: The Enchanted Woodland (wallpaper) by Mind the Gap “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world...

Credit: Original Collage by Maïssa Toulet To love, we need to be sensitive to those around us, which is impossible if we are always...

Credit: Morgan Harper Nichols, artist, poet, musician. Learn more here . Notions & Contemplations In the Wonderful World of Financial...

Credit: Collage art by Julie Liger-Belair, available at julieligerbelair.net “More the knowledge, lesser the ego. Lesser the knowledge,...

Credit: David Shrigley The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.  -Maya Angelou Notions &...

“You Belong Here” by Monica McKelvey Johnson, via the Justseeds graphics toolbox .H/T to The All We Can Save Project  for the resource....

Dear friends: The end of 2019—and of this mystifying decade—finds us all at the beginning of a new chapter. In my evolving memoir,...

Four years ago I moved home to be a part of a growing movement for civil rights and social justice in the South. I have learned many,...