Artist’s Date: Pike Place Market with Barbara Bentley
Barbara Bentley, author of A Dance with the Devil: A True Story of Marriage to a Psychopath, is a great photographer as well as writer and wine maker. She and her husband Rex Johnston visited Pike’s Place Market during their “rain-cation” to the Pacific Northwest during May and June. These are some of her photos … Read more
Artist’s Date: Field’s End Conference at Kiana Lodge
Field’s End is a writing community based on Bainbridge Island, Washington. It was founded by best selling authors who live in the Puget Sound region. Every April they have a writing conference at Kiana Lodge on the shores of Agate Passage. I have been blessed to be able to attend four of the five conferences. … Read more
Artist’s Date: Hurricane Ridge & Strait of San Juan de Fuca
Hurricane Ridge is in the Olympic National Park in Washington State. The elevation is 5242 feet. This photo is at the summit overlooking Sequim and the Strait of San Juan de Fuca. The clouds obscure the view of Canada. The drive to the top was a strain on my car’s engine. On the drive down, this white-knuckled … Read more
Artist’s Date: Cape Flattery & Strait of San Juan de Fuca
Tatoosh Island in Cape Flattery is off the northwest tip of the continental United States. When life hands me lemons and I have a horrendous PTSD episode, I find it helps to connect with the Strait of San Juan de Fuca which divides the United States and Canada. Sir Francis Drake sailed here when he … Read more
Artist’s Date: Edmonds, WA at Extreme Low Tide
Edmonds Ferry This is the iconic tourist photo of the Edmonds ferry. The fish, of course, are salmon. Their fins are forks. As you probably know, tides rise and fall with the phases of the moon. Each summer we are blessed with an extreme low tide ~ the lowest tide of the season. This … Read more
Oprah’s Issues with Food Are Rooted in Her Grandmother’s Whippings
I’ve been watching Oprah since day one ~ way back when she replaced Rob Weller as the host of A.M. Chicago ~ way before there was an international Oprah show or magazine or OWN. I was shocked to discover yesterday afternoon that her infamous eating disorder/food addiciton is rooted in being whipped by her … Read more
Book Review: SOLDIER’S HEART: Close-up Today with PTSD in Vietnam Veterans by William Schroder and Ronald Dawe
“Soldier’s Heart” was coined after the Civil War to describe what is now diagnosed as post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD. The authors of Soldier’s Heart are Vietnam veterans who suffer from PTSD. William Schroder is a writer, and Dr. Ronald Dawe is a psychologist who specializes in the connection between PTSD and substance abuse. … Read more
The Keys to Feminine Power: Awakening the 3 Power Bases of the New Co-Creative Feminine FREE Teleconference 7/21/10
Hello Dearhearts, The power of women is so amazing. I am continually inspired, challenged and awakened by women. When I created my book, Succulent Wild Woman, I wrote these words: “I believe that these circles of women around us weave invisible nets of love that carry us when we feel weak and sing with us … Read more
Celebrating 50,000 Visitors with New Look & Expanded Features
When I started this website, I never dreamed that 50,000 folks would visit! Wow! I’m humbled ~ especially since the shizza in my life this past year has presented some fierce obstacles. My father passed away five years ago today. It seemed like an auspicious day ~ Bastille Day ~ to sail away into uncharted waters. … Read more
Silent No More! Survivors’ Declaration of Independence from Domestic Tyranny
The Declaration of Independence was written on my family’s paper 234 years ago. It said all men are created equal. Abigail Adams infamously asked her husband John about the women. He ignored her. In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founder of the women’s movement, took up the cause of equality for women. She made preventing … Read more
