• "Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds and shine!" - Buddha

The Love of Plants

Newsletter   August 2026  Volume 202 Hello there,  I hope you’re doing well.  I’m just back from a walk and I am struck, yet again, by how healing a walk in nature can be. I’ve been going up into the woods near my house because it’s cooler and quieter with fewer…

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Time for an Adventure

Newsletter   July 2026  Volume 201 Hello there,  I hope you’re doing well.  Mid July. It feels like the halfway point of summer; that time in summer where we still have plenty to come. Some of my teacher friends who get the summer off, say that all of August is like…

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The Privilege of Nursing

Listening to my dear friend, Laura’s, baby while she labors in the tub. Newsletter   June 2026  Volume 200 Hello there,  Hope you are doing well.  This week I realized I don’t write or talk much about my job as a labor and delivery nurse, except with my coworkers, because there…

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Pre-grieving is a trap

Newsletter   May 2026  Volume 198 Hello there, Hope you are well. I love when the songbirds return in the spring.  I really look forward to it. Last week the Baltimore Orioles did not arrive at the time they usually return. I started to get nervous. I didn’t see their flashing…

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Beginning Again

Newsletter   April 2026  Volume 197 Hello there, Hope you are well. Beltane – the Celtic holiday that marks the midway point between spring and summer is this Friday.  It is a time of new beginnings. And in New England it finally feels like things are really shifting and spring has…

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Working with Discomfort

Newsletter   April 2026  Volume 195 Hi there, hope you are well. Wow.  It is such an ongoing practice and struggle to balance every day life with what is happening in the world.  Trying to get through your day and take care of the people around you while also grappling with…

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No to Kings and Yes to the Moon!

Newsletter   March 2026  Volume 194 Hello there Hope things are going well. I am diligently working on setting up my online Flourish with the Moon class and enjoying the process of going through and reviewing all my notes, previous classes, marvelous moon books I’ve read and beautiful images I’ve collected. …

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Happy Spring Equinox!

Newsletter   March 2026  Volume 193 Hello there, hope you’re doing well. Georgie is home for spring break so we have been busy – we went to the Mystic Aquarium earlier in the week and now are headed to the Smith bulb show, but I wanted to check in quickly because…

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