Growing Pains

Glimmers

Dear Friends, An unexpected phone call, a plan’s “rearrangement,” the weather, a detour sign – all, and many more, are examples of the need for an inner adjustment. We accommodate these small demands in daily life, some days better than others. In fact, our…

August 8, 2022

Morning Light

Glimmers

Dear Friends, After a couple adventures, I’ve returned to the land of lost socks and gardening decisions. I return home with a heart stretched open, to hold the reality of the world I am living in. Gratitude has arrived and She is shining her…

August 2, 2022

Is it just me?

Glimmers

  Dear Friends, Last night I attended a concert alongside the Connecticut River. It was a perfect night – relaxation and low humidity, sky resting in shades of blue and pink, breeze off the river tossing my hair, and great music dipping into my…

July 12, 2022

“We’re all just walking each other home.”

Glimmers

  “We’re all just walking each other home.” Ram Dass Dear Friends, It’s been an interesting time here at Lake Beseck, awareness speaks as Spring moves toward Summer and makes me smile. My recent experience on a retreat team at Mercy by the Sea…

June 15, 2022

Entering a week made holy by Love….

Glimmers

Dear Friends, I went to church yesterday. After receiving communion, I kneeled in my space and watched the people come forward. The choir was singing, the organ was playing and my heart was resting quietly. I was grateful, in the moment, to experience peace.…

April 11, 2022

Growing Trust

Glimmers

  Dear Friends,  I’m so glad to think of you as I write this message, you warm my heart as the sun warms the land around me. I hope Spring is appearing where you are. In my world, I see snowdrops replace snow in…

March 27, 2022

Sitting in this time and place….

Glimmers

Dear Friends,                Are you a perfectionist? It was recently suggested to me that I am caught in a web of perfectionism. “How can that be?” I asked. “I’m overweight, the house is a mess, I’ve multiple unfinished…

February 25, 2022

I begin

Glimmers

Dear Friends, A new year, a new beginning, at least in my little world at Lake Beseck. The holidays, come and go with their own special rhythms, and now it is January. Here in New England, we sink into deep darkness and stunning cold…

January 16, 2022

January 6

Glimmers

  Dear Friends, As January 6, 2022 approaches, I seek to reclaim the understanding of January 6 that I used to share with my young sons – 30 plus years ago. In the Christian tradition, January 6 is Epiphany. This is the day we…

January 5, 2022