I attended my first silent retreat with my teacher Carly Forest in May of 2017. It was a huge leap of faith to register because I was...

this quiet life has been fallow for nine months. It's not that there haven't been creative sparks. I've started a half dozen posts in my...

Begin Again. It's the admonishment given dozens of times through silent retreats, meditation workshops, prayer, and the pages of books...

Let's face it: this is not the most inspiring time. The answer to pretty much every question about what you did or how you spent your...

[I've been waiting all day for this moment: quietly perched on our sofa in the kitchen, my fingers ready to spill out over the keys all...

In still, quiet places, I am invited to enter a place of safety. The door opens, and everything stops. My mind pauses, my soul can speak,...

“A walk in nature walks the soul back home.” Mary Davis COVID-19 has impacted everyone. It’s been a universally shared experience these...

[I started this post at the end of January, and it is now early May. So much has happened, and we now live in a new world alongside...

I had quite romantic ideas about my nearly six weeks away from work. Long walks, reading with coffee on the sofa, catching up with...

Let’s face it: December is always a bit of a gong show, right? Put up the lights outside: two full days (our house is THE house in the...

If you ever want to sit in deep quiet, go on a silent retreat. I did my first one in 2017, just six weeks after major abdominal surgery....

Our home is one of the few in our neighbourhood where fall leaf clean up happens the old fashioned way: with a rake, sweat, and lots of...

I introduce you to my 24/7/365 quiet place: our kitchen sofa. “A sofa in the kitchen,” you ask? “What the heck?!” Don’t knock the kitchen...

I’m learning that quiet can be found in some unlikely places. My local coffee shop is where this first landed with me. It’s right next...