The ineffable joy and love of them. What else is there?

A vision of economic equity which means addressing the gaping wealth gap. Too few have way too much. This can be achieved fairly by taxing wealth as well as income and by enhancing progressive income tax policies. My role is to be informed and active politically.

Noticing beauty everywhere.
Making real stuff: food, earth altars, courageous conversations, tiny rugs, pieces of writing.

Laura, your earth altars have been an inspiration to me and my friends! Thank you! You IG posts are sparks of inspiration as I meander and ponder here in beautiful Vancouver. Collectively we have made big ones that hearten and connect us to our neighbours. The practice is simple and ever so grounding and gratifying.

A lot! In recent weeks —
-learning about muscles and fascia as I received physiotherapy for an injury
-exploring colour and design and texture as I learn the craft of rug hooking.
-the making of earth altars inspired by Laura Loescher
-Canadian history reeducation from an Indigenous perspective

Continue the journey toward a graceful old age with acceptance – no – wholeheartedness.!

Every conversation can go deeper and humour is often the doorway.

The ability to improvise ways of connecting with friends. Through outdoor nature art projects, delivering shared meals, zoom wine tasting , happy hours, dinner parties, cross country check-ins etc etc, we are staying close while staying apart.

Let it be. Keeping clear boundaries has been my approach to a seemingly entrenched (9 years on) conflict between my two sisters. Letting go of any deluded notion that I have responsibility or power to affect it. Rather I focus on tending my relationship with each of them separately.

As I live into my elder-ing time I meet this question often. Many people I have loved have receded into the background, some have died, some have chosen to withdraw from me. How to accept this gracefully and remember gratefully? Reminding myself — To everything there is a season— helps a lot.

Just mailed a box of chocolates to a dear friend – just cuz.

I notice what is left because so much is gone. And then I can choose to go deeper with what is. Social connections happen less frequently and with fewer people and I cherish each one even more. And musicians and other artists and arts institutions are dreaming up new ways to present and nourishing us in exciting new ways.

My body -based practices Essentrics and yoga awaken my whole self bodymindspirit.

Good reads and good conversation awaken, stimulate and enlarge my mind and spirit.

A sense of well-being, of deep quiet joy. I am in love with life.

When I wake up to knowing that love comes in myriad forms — that it is not necessarily a feeling and not necessarily expressed verbally, that it is both intimate and cosmic, that it is present both in life and in death. And that much depends on my receptivity.

My beautiful healthy feet! They are a miracle of dynamic architecture!

“I find meaning in just living life”. Me too Holly!

FUN! Do you know Deanne Fitzpatrick’s studio in Nova Scotia? Lots of inspiration and teaching videos to guide and inspire. (hookingrugs.com).

You are so welcome Pollyanna, glad it resonates. Happy New Year to you!