Author: calledtobealive

Band members of Strong in Song got a lovin’ spoonful of magic reuniting to offer music for residents & staff at Clatsop County Memory Care In the middle of our […]

In the quiet of my writing spaceheart-felt poems, songs, and FaceBook postsunearth for the soul what’s life-giving and eternal

Mushrooms accomplish muchin our Brenden Woods while seeminglydoing little but being low and open Mushrooms teach me that by not consideringanything beneath me, I can gain everything, availing myself to […]

Giving thanks today for those whose liveshave left me clear markings to followfor life and a future with hope And so I pray what I leave behindwill help mark the […]

Like Whidbey Island bridged to solid groundacross turbulent waters, I give thanks today for the marvelous way friendship saves me from loneliness

Space has its place in human evolution yetthere are millions of secret, down to earth placesreadily in reach So much to see, so many unwrapped gifts,wonderful surprises within and withoutall […]

What power and gracefully present in the moment!Giving and receiving surprisingly alive!

A stone to my windshieldrocked me for a whileand in a fit of anger I cried out,“How often is this going to happen to me?” Like the daily newsthis single […]

Walking in Brenden Woodswith grandson Ro and his little dog Waffleswe chose to saunter and stop a bit We placed our hands on an old cedar treeand imagined how Waffles, […]

More and more the day is comingwhen less will be my usefulnessAnd best the rest and shade I’ll befor those in the heat of productivity -Image by Crayon Productions