What is Community?

The idea and value of community has always meant a great deal to me. In my neighborhood I feel a sense of community, a sense of belonging, which I suggest is a need for all people.

The Power of Listening

Being able to listen to the ocean is not only calming and spirit restoring but it also teaches.

The Almonds Are Falling

A demonstration of the strength of the common people here and their creative skills to make work for themselves through marginal but honest activities.

With A Little Help From My Friends

Even nature sometimes needs a little help.“Someone” decided to create a support for the branch so it could be successful in its reach to get the sun’s nourishment for the main tree trunk.

Practising Due Diligence

Do you practice due diligence? Does the sound of these words prompt a negative or positive reaction ?

Thanks to the Beach Workers who Support our Community

Omar is one of the beach workers to whom we community members owe a debt of gratitude.

Persistence Finally Has Its Rewards

Persistence is key to being successful in reaching one’s goals. In life, however, not everything happens in a straight line.

The Case to be Made for Having Expectations

How very dreary to start each day with no expectations and with only the thought, “It is what it is”. If one can dream, the thought can change to, “It is what it can be”.

Patience – What is it anyway?

“Patience is a virtue” What is a virtue? Do I have it or not? As I walked along the sand I began to notice things around me that demonstrated ”patience”.

Taking Time to Play

Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, we stopped playing. Can we, should we, reintroduce play into our lives?

Moving Gently Through My World

May you walk gently through the world and know its beauty, all the days of your life.

Dealing with Change: Challenge or Opportunity

When one embarks on a process to declutter, it is with the knowledge that as the old and no longer relevant is discarded, space opens up to permit the entry of the new, and to creative discovery.

The Fisherman’s Wait

I am struck by the beauty of this photo, not only because of the remarkable capture of the sunrise with its incredible colours but also with the message it sends.

Sometimes You Need to Just “Take it Off the Menu”

This blog is written in appreciation of the value of wisdom, and the recognition of the wise “teachers” who gift it to us.

How Does One Define Health?

This morning as I walked, I thought about how the fresh air and the serenity of the beach promote a feeling of being healthy. This prompted me to ask, What do I mean when I use the word healthy? How do I define Health? And What is the collective understanding of what health is in society?

Look Up, Way, Way Up

Can we learn to look up, way, way up at times of conflict, especially when involved in competitive positioning that causes us to miss beautiful moments of understanding?

A Playful Consideration of Perhaps a Message Received

What is the message for me if I observe the ocean’s stillness, the chaos of the following week, and then the safe behaviour of the heron?

Balancing Time Alone and Time Together

There is value in both states of being, solitude and socialization. As we pursue our search for meaning in our lives we need a healthy balance of time alone and time together.

Being Gentle With Ourselves

I am always grateful for the learning on my beach walks in the early morning. The learning today is to be is to be gentle to myself, to be those slow waves coming in and gently touching and smoothing the sand.

Purpose: is it Nature or Nurture?

What is a person’s purpose? How do we define that? Is it defined by our own perspective? Or by others?