The Ripened Adults we Came Here to Become

Dear friends, I’m sending warm greetings from northern New Mexico where we are visiting family, enjoying the warmth and fragrance of a morning piñon fire, gazing into spectacular big skies, admiring ginormous flocks of Sandhill cranes wheeling overhead, and reveling in the hundreds of Crows who gather in the crowns of the nearby cottonwood trees…

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Liberating Our Gifts During Whitewater Times

A Note from Erin: Hello, beautiful being. I’m sending warm-heart greetings from the one cool room on my home’s main floor where I’m lying in my bed typing under the fan. It’s been a hot one.  Though I haven’t traveled much since the pandemic, we’re setting out soon to visit dear friends and family on…

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Watering the Seeds Of Soul

Dear friend, During these hard times, I have big hope that we can stay in touch with the softness in the heart of our hearts. In this moment, I’m taking a spacious inhale and a long unhurried exhale. I’m softening my belly, unclenching my jaw, widening my gaze, lengthening my spine, and settling more fully…

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A Party for the Broken

A note from Carl: First, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for all of the 50th birthday wishes. I was truly touched by the kindness shared by so many of you. Thank you. I limped into this new decade on my peg-leg crutch on the long, slow recovery process from my Achilles tendon tear.…

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Tending the Deep Roots

A note from Erin: Hello, beautiful human, A teacher of mine used to say “Increasing complexity requires deeper roots,” and wow, how about the complexity these days? It seems to me we need to tend our deep roots. To have a tap root down deep, burrowed into what really matters, tapped into our sane, soulful,…

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