Human Design: Facts and Faith Week
I’m a Human Design Guide, and I’m starting a simple weekly series here. Each Monday, I’ll share the current Human Design transit of the Sun and Earth, and how I’m personally noticing it show up in real life. Human Design helps us tune into both our own natural rhythm andContinue Reading
Gifts of the Father(s)
My father was ill on and off for 10 years. After a serious heart attack, I wasn’t sure if he was going to be around much longer when he arrived home from the hospital. He ended up living another 8 years, but at the time, I was told by hisContinue Reading
The Hardest Lesson in Designing Anything
Yesterday, a good friend of mine was due to arrive at my studio to pick up 8 pairs of earrings she ordered for a bridal shower she was traveling to for her future daughter-in-law. It was a last minute order, and I was in a rush to get them outContinue Reading
Connective Tissue Workout
I stand when I’m working, so I’m on my feet at least 8 hours per day. I’ve noticed lately that I’m sore in the morning, and my neck and shoulders are not bouncing back into form after a long day of standing and stooping as I make jewelry. I foundContinue Reading
The Gifts of Psoriasis
“A healthy person has a thousand dreams, a sick person only has one,” Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. When I heard Secretary Kennedy say this, I realized that it instantly summed up the last 5 years of my life. When you are unhealthy, you don’t have the time to dream aboutContinue Reading
The Company of Women
My studio is located in a pottery studio, with pottery classes ongoing through out the week. I’ve taken two classes now, and I am beginning to develop wonderful friendships with the instructors and students. I can’t emphasize enough how nourishing it is to be around a bunch of creative womenContinue Reading
Inner or Outer Authority: Which One Do You Listen To?
We’re taught from a young age to respect authority. Mentors, experts, people who “know better” because they have either experience or education. But there is so much information about there now due to Ai and the internet, how do you know what is authentically correct for you? I stopped navigatingContinue Reading
Human Design: Initiation Week
I’m a Human Design Guide, and I’m starting a simple weekly series here. Each Monday, I’ll share the current Human Design transit of the Sun and Earth, and how I’m personally noticing it show up in real life. Human Design helps us tune into both our own natural rhythm andContinue Reading
The Daily Choice
Are my choices today moving toward life, or am I just running from death? Is there another point of view to consider? Yesterday I read an article about that smell some older people develop. You know the one. I don’t want that signature scent to be mine as I getContinue Reading
The End of the Tortured Artist?
Benson. Boone. Benny brings up a lot of emotional juice, doesn’t he? To the cynics, he’s suspect. To the ones that love him, he’s a fantasy. Either way, he draws a line in the sand, doesn’t he?. Me? I like him. My husband is bewildered by my fascination with him.Continue Reading
Grief’s Placeholder: Life with the Squatter
My father-in-law died in March, and he was the last of our parents to pass in the last 4 years. We’ve been bracing for grief for a long time. It hurts the body to stay in a state of bracing for impact uninterrupted for so long. The personality develops copingContinue Reading







