Emily Dickinson wrote, “to dwell in Possibility”. I love that line. It haunts me. I would like to sit down with her and know her and have tea and talk. I wonder if she saw more possibility than I do and what that might look like. John Keats wrote, “The poetry of the earth is never dead.” Ah. What if we all honored him? What if every one of us wrote one poem about the magic of this earth and we published them? THAT is a book I’d love to read. John died before Emily was born, but I think they could have been friends…lovers of life.

But this is where I am supposed to tell you about me. Okay. I am an LCSW - I am a licensed mental health professional with a masters in social work and an undergrad in Theatre design. I am an artist. Pottery now…theatre long ago…writing always. And I am a dedicated practitioner of the old ways of being in the world - meditating and seeking and journeying…because for me the joy of life is learning more about who I am and as Emily said—understanding more of my own possibility. I love to teach. I believe that wisdom needs to be shared. So sitting in circle and teaching is a heart song for me. And an honor to be a witness to the lives of all who sit with me as we work and seek and pull apart our own masks.

I grew up in the East and now live at high altitude in Colorado—far from the beauty of the Atlantic ocean. And she does indeed still call to my heart. I miss the ocean, but I am grateful for the majesty of the Rockies and the intensity of her winters…and the fierce gentleness of her people.

I love delicious coffee, generous friendships, tender forgiving hearts, expressive weather, road trips, luxurious sheets, unyielding thought provoking teary eyed ah ha moments…and sappy movies. I love the honesty that comes from being intensely committed to knowing oneself - the seekers - the ones who don’t see failure but more options for new choices. And I love the silence and the spaces in-between. And those who can travel there with me. I think Emily would get that part of me. And I think John would have helped me write about it.