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I have a very vivid dream life, and pretty much remember my dreams the next morning. Years ago, my brother introduced me to dream interpretation, and suggested that I explore it to understand myself better. Initially, I blew it off, but he gave me a book about it, called The Dreamer’s Dictionary, by Barbara Condron, and it changed my mind on the importance of understanding and interpreting your dreams. My brother is a great dream interpreter. He can weave together aspects of a dream story and blow your mind over the accuracy about what it is reflecting regarding what you are currently mulling over orRead More →

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I had a lovely coffee date with a dear friend yesterday. When we get together, there’s never enough time to cover all the topics going on in our lives. We are such chatterboxes! I think we are making up for lost time, because she’s one of those people that I wish I would have met when I was in elementary school. We need a lifetime! I’ve known her for a few years now, and her friendship is on my personal “don’t leave Roanoke” list. She’s entering a season where she can finally pursue what makes her heart sing. She’s chosen gardening as her medium. WhatRead More →

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I was out on a hike yesterday and was talking with my step-father about our upcoming road trip to Colorado. Something that is really cool about our relationship is that we can talk about stuff for hours. On our trips, which are often two full days in his truck to get to where we are going to stay, we don’t have the radio on. We can fill up 8-10 hours of time in a truck by having long conversations. Well, yesterday we were talking about trust, and how most institutions that were built on trust are no longer trustworthy. Trust is an interesting topic forRead More →

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In: Human Design

I’m a Human Design Guide, and I’m starting a simple weekly series here. Each Monday, I’ll share the current Human Design transit of the Sun and Earth, and how I’m personally noticing it show up in real life. Human Design helps us tune into both our own natural rhythm and the shifting energy in the collective—and my hope is this space helps you do just that, too. Want to learn more about Human Design? Jovian Archive and MyBodygraph Sun: Gate 56, Gate of The Wanderer Earth: Gate 60, Gate of Limitation Transits for Week of July 18th-July 24, 2025 This week’s transits are pitting us against wantingRead More →

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Since it’s Sunday, I’ve been contemplating the idea and practice of worship. Personally, I tend towards reverence instead of formal worship in my own spiritual life. To me, reverence is respecting what inspires awe. I don’t have to understand God, All That Is, the Tao, or any of the other ways humans have tried to bottle up and describe the mechanics of the creation that we are a part of, live in and return to when our bodies take their last breath. But I do revere it. I sense the power and intelligence that is within and part of all that is, and although IRead More →

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When I was in my early 20’s, I worked on a ship called The Seabird in Alaska as a steward. We got 2 days off a month and on one of my day’s off, we were in Glacier Bay National Park. Another crew member was off that day, too, and we decided to get a double sea kayak and kayak around an island we were anchored next to and eat lunch on shore. We found a neat spot, grounded the kayak and started walking to find a place to eat our sandwiches. We turned a corner and about 20 feet in front of us wasRead More →

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I first heard of this idea about turning your waiting room into a classroom from Jessica Sowards of Roots and Refuge fame on Youtube. She is a homesteader that has built a fandom revolving around sustainable gardening and growth. She grows things for a living, and not just food. She’s a terrific sower of all things good–physically and spiritually. Jessica grew up in the Vilonia, Arkansas area, which is close to where I grew up in Cabot, so I feel a certain kinship with her because we started out in the same soil. Yesterday evening, I decided to take a long walk and I calledRead More →