A text appears on my cell phone from a dear family friend, Judith Jones. “You MUST go to Bandelier.” It just so happens to be that Bandelier is in fact written in the stars for us today! Bandelier is the indigenous land of the ancestral pueblo people, also known as the “Anasazi.” Beyond the inspiring and lively city of Santa …
SEDONA
SEDONA GREETS US WITH OPEN ARMS SEDONA is RED, EARTHY and DELIGHTFUL to the eye…HER HEARTBEAT radiates in ALL directions…To BE in her presence is truly INSPIRATIONAL and UPLIFTING. OUR eyes dance upon the warm lit landscape of her ABODE. SEDONA’s nature is vast and expansive. HER soil, rich and fertile. MAGICAL she is…SEDONA invites DREAMS TO AWAKEN among her …
A moment of Gratitude…
Gratitude fills me as I take a moment for reflection, looking out into the avocado orchard with the blue sky sparkling through the branches and the light cascading throughout the trees. I am sitting here at the last standing table in our now extra spacious home, one that reverberates and echos, with every sound and movement made. Tyler and I …
A Day of Gratitude
I’m up early despite sleeping light. Chris and I collaborate online, bringing a client closer to launch. We finish by 9am. He signs off Skype for a while, I grab my car keys. I drive the 4.7 miles into downtown Ojai, reminded by a This American Life podcast about Chinese labor conditions I too often choose to forget. I feel …
Sweeping the Temple, clearing for flight…
Tucked away on an avocado orchard, or as some of us lovingly refer to as “the multi dimensional playground”, I sift, organize, cleanse, release and refine the details of my life. Gradually and with perseverance, I dust off my wings to take flight, as I sweep the temple and clear the energetic planes. In less than 6 weeks away, Tyler …
How We’ve Come To This Place
Ali Sun and I have lived in Ojai for over seven years, the last four years spent in absolute paradise. We live in a back house on an estate, tucked into an avocado orchard. Our landlords are dear friends. Their eighteen month old son is a joy to watch grow. The doggies are fine specimens of Labrador. The people who …
embarking on an adventure…
I am being called on a journey…one of deep listening and surrender… where I will reawaken the adventurous nature of my true being. Gratitude for this gift. I have been a traveler all my life… One that travels in the night, with my eyes and heart wide open, flying and journeying to distant places where dreams are made. Stretching beyond …
New Year’s Resolution
My 2012 Resolution: Travel and work around the world Be present with it, soak it in, appreciate the blessing and opportunity of it Pay off my credit card debt Blog about it I’m generally not much for new year resolutions, but I’m pretty excited about this year. Doable?