Author: calledtobealive

Look who’s pointing my wayNow that I’ve embracedgrowing older! As though to saywith hopes to play,“Can I ride now on your shoulder?” And with laughterand some tearsWe’ll chase away all […]

Reflecting on my recent rite of passageinto the lively, wide open spaceof conscious living/conscious aging, I am now writing my goalsfor the next seven years(God willing), bringing the immense powerof […]

Feel like you’re ready for a change in later life? Have something no longer life givingyou want to put behind you? Want to open up space and unleash positive energy […]

A caring relationship with Mother Earth can lead to significant changes in the way we live on the land not off the land.

Music, poetry and creative writing can be helpful tools for wellness. Writing for Wellness In my first collection of poems “Out from the Shadows: Poetic Portraits of Faith”, published in […]

The Celtic name for a spiritual director is Anam Cara which means soul friend.

There is a dangerous uprising I can no longer ignore.Plastic is mounting a deadly attack and I feel called to see beyond the foolishness of this predicament for ways I […]

HomeI picked an apple todayand dreamed of an orchard that I might call homeThen at the close of my morning devotionsholding the ripe apple in the aging of my palm,I […]

Seems the best in life is often not fully lived until we stand to loss it. Like my Grandpa John’s loss of the family orchard in the Great Depression, climate […]