I have never been more homebound in my life. With the odd exception, if I am not teaching I am mothering. I was surprised when this wasn’t as comfortable as I had expected it to be. In fact, in the more dramatic moments, it seemed a death sentence– I felt cut off, unable to cultivate …
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Enter the Great Heart
This year Christmas Day coincided with a full moon. This only happens every 15 years or so. I remember seeing that at the beginning of the month and thinking– this is going to be a good one! I love the ease that comes when things align and so I felt assured, promised that the day would …
The Delightful Storm
Yes, think of the perfect storm, but with a little something more- the quality of delight. The perfect storm is a storm in which all the circumstances come together just right for a full on, beat down of the elements. A whirlwind of energy both chaotic and ripe. In a small Midwestern town it would be the tornado that rips through, whisking the …
As pregnancy unfolds
Pregnant means full of potential and meaning, fertile, filled. The root is birth, of bringing into being. Being a woman with child is a very obvious example of this. And yet, even within this context, the richness of this experience is easy to miss. Currently just shy of 39 weeks, I am on the doorstep …
Weeds
Wow, you almost forget the incredible abundance Spring brings. The growth is without bounds. As we watch flowers grow up through cracks in the cement, vines wind their way through the fences and the thickness of the wild brush heaping itself one layer upon another, there is the telling of the adamant force that is …
Julia Pearring 
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