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The Interconnection of Happiness ~ Our Lives Depend On It

I went to one of my morning spots in the backyard garden to begin my daily Qigong practice. This spot is in a patch of grass surrounded by our magenta pink rose bushes, two strawberry patches, one of our grandmother apple trees, three vegetable garden beds and our beautiful towering red maple tree with its rustling leaves in the early morning breeze. Usually at this hour, I enjoy the warmth of the early morning sun, but not today. It was already hot. The day before was “only” 88 degrees but the sun’s intensity, along with my looming dread for the unprecedented heat wave coming to the Pacific Northwest, even as I stood in the cooling waters of our local Tolt River, made it that much stronger. 

Hawaii & the Magic of Deep Nature Connection, Cloud Forest Wonder, Coqui Frog Songs & Poky Lava Rock Beds

Aloha from the blue waters, jumping whales, swimming sea turtles, singing coqui frogs, mists and RAIN of the Kona cloud forest, colorful fishes and lava tide pools of Hawaii!! 🙂 Nate, Orion and I just thoroughly enjoyed our first time on the beautiful and powerful big island!! And this visit was a working trip –…

A Wander in the Land of Stone

~ Breathtaking Silence & Magical Encounters with Ancient Greece, Lhasa Monastery, Egyptian Princess, African Goddesses, Lao Tzu & a Banana Slug ~ I’m going to take you with me on one of my solo hikes in our beautiful Bryce Canyon National Park. I hadn’t actually even heard much of this park before, and we weren’t…