Luminations

a glimpse of my authentic life

Ridiculously Annoying Wordly Things

Ridiculously Annoying Wordly Things

As some of you who read my blog know, the practice of Wisdom Healing Qigong has been an important part of my life for seven years now (see Challenge, Choice, and Chi). I recently accepted an invitation to be part of an eleven month mentorship program with my teacher Master Mingtong Gu called The Living Tao. It began on April 1st. One of the primary things we were asked…

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Reading By Ear

Reading By Ear

In case you haven’t already figured it out, I’m talking audiobooks. It’s a controversial subject for many like me who love the turn of a deckle-edged page, an exquisite cover, elegant interior design, the comfort of a well-fingered volume lying by my bedside, bookmark in…

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A Resurrection Of Words – 2023

A Resurrection Of Words – 2023

I’ve wanted to resurrect this blog for a long time, but it seems my Muses have been on vacation in Bora Bora since right after my memoir, Rare Atmosphere: An Extraordinary Inter-dimensional Affair of the Heart, was published in 2013. I’ve been waiting a long time…

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Midsummer Night's Dream by William Blake

Challenge, Choice, and Chi

Three years ago, in 2013, my memoir, Rare Atmosphere, An Inter-dimensional Affair of the Heart, was published. Shortly after that, however, my writing Muses took off for Bora Bora and haven’t returned since. It left me with a familiar niggling of sadness and melancholy. During this past year especially, happiness seemed to elude me…

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Edmund Blair Leighton painting -Abelard and his Pupil Heloise

A Love Apart: No Ordinary Love Story

A Love Apart is a novel close to my heart. In its various incarnations, it took me ten years to write. I was trying to tell a story based on a deep soul connection I’d recognized decades ago with someone I’d known through many lifetimes. Yet, I couldn’t find a way to fictionalize it…

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