I’ve really been struggling lately and have had some pretty dark moments…hours and days even. I’m no stranger to grief and existential depression, and though my experience tells me that real growth and expansion often comes about from these periods I’ve navigated throughout my life, these times are extra heavy and uncertain. I’m rather self-sufficient,... Continue Reading →
I know that some of you, like me, struggle to make meaning of all of the despair in the world and find a way forward that feels like you can grieve while also continuing to find beauty and respite in all the wonder that surrounds you. For some of us, it’s not a choice but... Continue Reading →
Several years ago I found the delightful poem “The Magic Box” and used it as a springboard to a writing activity for my K-5th graders. They wrote beautiful lines—even my first graders—like I will put in my box…yellow lemonade pouring into a glass and one large green leaf floating on the water…the little red house... Continue Reading →
Community Offering from Internal Luminosity~KIM BECOMES LIGHT. Would you like to gather and connect with people who are concerned for our planet and anxious about all that may be heading our way? Do you feel a need for community and collaboration as you navigate the change that might be next? Do you wonder in what... Continue Reading →
My Murder has been growing in number with just a sampling here of the 10 or more that frequently show up now. I was thinking that perhaps it is the unusual cold. The past couple of days, there has been one waiting for me on the railing and one that hangs around after all the... Continue Reading →
Met my old lover in the grocery store. It wasn’t Christmas Eve but a couple of weeks before. I didn’t recognize you at first, we hugged in the dairy department and that’s where it ends. It wasn’t the sweet reminiscing that a former manifestation of my Self might have magicalized into being. I thought I... Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, On this New Year's Eve Eve, I wanted to share something with you with an eye to 2025. Sharing is both exciting for me and requiring a bit of courage. So, if you choose to take a moment to read this, I will be deeply grateful to you. This past summer, through the... Continue Reading →
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14o337Pp9Soky0DrYtdUl4gQgxz4pC6Au/view?usp=sharing Mom When you live to be nearly a century old, you live a series of lives, really. Your chances to make mistakes of all shapes and sizes grows exponentially...to cause hurt, to endure hardships, to mend fissures, to try again, to process sorrows and to find and create beauty and joy in the world.... Continue Reading →
Internal Luminosity 