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I’m a Pepper. You’re a Pepper…

February 6, 2015 · Leave a Comment

organism [awr-guh-niz-uh m]  noun   1. a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes. To be an organism in my own life; to confidently behave in my own best interest without doubt, fear or judgement; this is my NIRVANA.  This is not a selfish aim for in being such a thing I eclipse that part of myself that gets in […]

A Teaching Creme Brûlée

December 28, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“I tired of the routine of eight years in one afternoon.”― Charlotte Brontë I am no innocent bystander. Everything I do, say, think and believe affects my life. I had a teaching creme brûlée last nite. I knew it was OK to order it, but I did not pay enough attention to the description on the menu. […]

Don’t Postpone Joy

December 25, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Today I am here… “Picture in your inner eye, your inner sight, four avocado seeds on the window sill. Three are suspended in a glass of water and have sprouted. One is still dry and papery and brown. Each of the sprouting seeds has its own character. One has two long roots, like two rubbery […]

Finding your G-spot

December 17, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“If you can sit quietly after difficult news (even if in financial downturns you remain perfectly calm)… If you can see your neighbors travel to fantastic places without a twinge of jealously… If you can happily eat whatever is on your plate, or fall asleep after a day of running around without a drink or a pill… If you […]

Love Beyond Measure

November 18, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“For I have learned that every heart will get What it prays for Most ” – hafiz How much Love can you take?  Let’s talk volume here. Is it enough? Is it too much? Can you take just a little more? And just a little more again? Why is there a set amount that is allowed? […]

Turning the Corner

November 13, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“…while the voice of social conditioning manifests itself as a stream of thoughts in the head, wisdom often appears as emotions or physical sensations in the body.” ~martha beck Unfoldment Rough hune husks fall away Making tender tendrils shown Creeping vines and shoots gather In a storm of awakening I am anew I am crossing […]

The Divine in Scotland

October 27, 2014 · Leave a Comment

the divine in the palm of our hands “I am where I need to be. Everything around me includes and hides the sacred.”                      ~ Mary Mrozowski This includes haggis. What is divine that is in front of you? Tag You’re It!

Words as Tools

September 29, 2014 · Leave a Comment

I think words are tools by which we fashion a life. What other purpose could there be? Harmony  by Madeline Williams “I believe in Divine Harmony and nothing else. This means I have no belief in problems. No condition, situation or frustration can upset me, confuse me or destroy my equilibrium. I do not believe there […]

So Many Passions

August 27, 2014 · Leave a Comment

What does Passion mean to you? For the first half of my life I thought Passion was that feeling derived from sex and love. BTW this is also the time I thought sex & love were the same thing.  Passion was that fleeting thing that waxed and waned according to life’s circumstance. It conjured up images […]

Like Walking on the Moon!

August 25, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Love is a many splendid thing, but it is NOT something concrete –  nor is Will, Reason or Imagination. Yet we’ve all experienced these insubstantial (yet very foundational) things.  We’ve all felt love for a person, place or thing. We’ve all willed ourselves out of bed. And we’re always Reasoning… “Is it better to do thing […]

Joyful Creativity

July 7, 2014 · Leave a Comment

       Maui – Polynesian Trickster God Excerpts from IT’S BETTER TO BE A TRICKSTER THAN A MARTYR by Elizabeth Gilbert “There is another way to be creative that does not make a fetish out of suffering. There is an older way, a richer way, a more generative way — the way human beings had been […]

Self Love

May 20, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Soulfully attending to body, mind and spirit manifests all manner of actual good things into being. Here is another list to tack up on the mirror or place by the bed to remind us of this! The Top Ten Reasons Why I Exercise By Jessica Ortner  1) Movement in your body means movement in your life. […]

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Lani received a B.F.A from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1986 and earned a B.A in Art Education from NCCU in 2000.
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