by jlouden | Aug 21, 2013 | Favorites
I am floating. I am glowing. I am altered. Made new through love. Our union witnessed by our friends and family in Union, Washington. I am married. I wanted to capture in words the flower-infused sparkling love-weave bliss of the whole weekend but the alphabet...
by jlouden | Aug 13, 2013 | Favorites
You would think with getting married this weekend (August 17th – gulp!) I would have no time for reading. Nope. Reading is how I deal with stress and stress has been in abundance – wedding planning yes but my mom is being lost to Alzheimer’s, Lilly...
by jlouden | Jul 24, 2013 | Favorites
This is not a blog post because who needs one when you have: The fine breeze rustling the trees like a wake-up fairy. The big leaf maple’s leaves, giant green dinner plates, holding up the sky. A sky so blue, you will search for a new word for it, one you...
by jlouden | Jul 16, 2013 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Favorites
When you’re changing some aspect of your business, your relationship, your health, floating a new idea or navigating your life in a more inner-directed way, it’s totally normal to want to discuss that with people you trust. Even to seek a dollop of...
by jlouden | Jul 11, 2013 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Favorites
Desire as a theme has threaded its way through my life forever for the simple reason it’s one of my central life challenges – to know and cultivate what I want, without grasping and without denying. To declare “I want this” whether this...
by jlouden | Jun 26, 2013 | Favorites
Do you sometimes feel that everything is for sale? That if something doesn’t have a market value (including being able to be turned into a pithy blog post, Instagram photo or even a great story to tell your friends) or if it doesn’t “fit” your...
