Blessed beyond measure—that is how I have come to speak of my life in spite of the many tragic ups and downs that have occurred over the past seventy-five plus years. Community has always been a strong support holding me when I have needed holding, encouraging me to move forward when I would have given… Read more
This Tree
I noticed “this tree” with the help of a friend as we walked along a trail in the sacred lands of the Santa Ana Pueblo in 2014. He pointed. And I took the shot.His words — “it looks like it died and then started growing in a new direction.”Since then I have painted the image… Read more
Reflections on the Contemplative Way
I grew up in an anti-religion family, and yet my childhood was full of spiritual experiences. I was born exactly one year and nine months after the death of my parents’ firstborn, a son, at age five from leukemia. Each summer we often visited Little Harold’s grave, planting and watering flowers, but I spent the… Read more