https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog daily 0.75 2026-03-05 https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2026/3/7/winter-newsletter-noticing-through-shifting-lenses monthly 0.5 2026-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/b4dcdeb7-307d-4944-b45b-2bbb334abcc9/Winter_daffodils.jpeg Blog - Winter Newsletter: Noticing Through Shifting Lenses - Make it stand out “Volunteer” Daffodils on the school grounds close to home. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/43f5b85e-7e1b-4658-bb91-4e947352e7c0/Covid_19_2020_fabric_masks.jpeg Blog - Winter Newsletter: Noticing Through Shifting Lenses - Make it stand out Remember fabric masks? Before we knew better. This was a birthday hike in September 2020 when I was still wearing a mask hiking in case I saw anyone on coming the other way and I could pull it up. We were all sorting it out together. View is from Falcon Cove Hike, North Oregon Coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/b67def69-6fbf-4d56-9cc7-57d263f3379e/North_Oregon_Coast_2025.jpeg Blog - Winter Newsletter: Noticing Through Shifting Lenses - Make it stand out Western Gulls. North Oregon Coast. I’m always returning to Water. December 2025. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/5734147d-6339-4c88-91cc-adbc5a47aafa/Joey_the_Pug_Ball.jpeg Blog - Winter Newsletter: Noticing Through Shifting Lenses - Make it stand out Joey the Pug and his ball…his obsession. How could I not share? https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2025/11/17/autumn-newsletter-apprenticing-with-slowness monthly 0.5 2025-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/28d82622-2700-4779-84b1-a8293b8692f2/Autumn_Grief_shedding.jpeg Blog - Autumn Newsletter: Apprenticing with Slowness - Make it stand out Autumn’s shedding of leaves can be an invitation to reflect on what we may need to let go of in our own lives. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/f9783223-4f7a-4c14-8508-9f9535bc92d6/Morning_Moon_Autumn_Leaves_Grief.jpeg Blog - Autumn Newsletter: Apprenticing with Slowness - Make it stand out morning Moon and Autumn Leaves compliment the awakening day. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/70d6cf5c-023d-4bc8-9157-1389dcbbd207/Joey_pug_apprentice_with_slowness.jpeg Blog - Autumn Newsletter: Apprenticing with Slowness - Make it stand out Joey is one of my mentors in how to slow down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/aa90696b-ab5b-4676-8518-04d03533a620/Longerst_Night_Event_2025_Grief.jpeg Blog - Autumn Newsletter: Apprenticing with Slowness - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2025/7/18/summer-newsletter-navigating-summer-with-grief monthly 0.5 2025-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/3f8ee4ae-c2b4-4017-bca9-212795386b39/roses_grief_summer_softness.jpeg Blog - Summer Newsletter: Navigating Summer with Grief - Make it stand out Roses on my walk are a source of gratitude, softness, beauty and aroma therapy. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/f8e5f30f-4040-4261-90cb-6110b2e77122/hydrangea_magenta_summer_griefjpeg Blog - Summer Newsletter: Navigating Summer with Grief - Make it stand out dazzling Hydrangea on my walk. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/6b195d28-695a-4d79-a98f-12f9a11011eb/Joey_pug_Oregon_Coast.jpeg Blog - Summer Newsletter: Navigating Summer with Grief - Make it stand out Joey’s first visit to the North Oregon Coast…at least with me. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2025/4/4/spring-newsletter-noticing-what-is-emerging monthly 0.5 2025-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/45346b2f-94d6-4e74-940e-26488b127797/Magnolias_Spring_grief.jpeg Blog - Spring Newsletter: Noticing What Is Emerging - Make it stand out Magnolias awakening with the arrival of Spring. 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November 2024. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/605ffd91-01be-4235-b931-d1369c1e7ec0/Labyrinth_longest_night_grief.jpeg Blog - Winter Newsletter: What Are You Carrying? - Make it stand out Labyrinth at the Longest Night Gathering, Dec. 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/895262e0-a252-4730-9ddc-23d8a49204fc/Great_Blue_Heron_North_Oregon_Coast_Retreat.jpeg Blog - Winter Newsletter: What Are You Carrying? - Make it stand out Great Blue Heron, one of first beings I saw as I headed out for a walk upon arriving at the coast. photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2024/10/3/autumn-newsletter-curiosity-as-spiritual-practice3 monthly 0.5 2024-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/5764125d-3a74-4ca9-ab9f-cec291bded44/IMG_6808.jpeg Blog - Autumn Newsletter: Curiosity as Spiritual Practice - Make it stand out A rather rugged “question box” spotted on a neighborhood walk. I suspect if I slip a question in there an answer won't be forthcoming, but then I’ve discovered that is usually not what I'm looking for. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/70db75b8-8e4b-40f8-aeac-9ec53be99f85/IMG_6866.jpeg Blog - Autumn Newsletter: Curiosity as Spiritual Practice - Make it stand out Portion of Marquam Trail I wandered down, then had to wander back up to get home by a reasonable time the other day. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/21bc8958-1293-433f-9cde-a3791fe8b9c7/Between_Two_Kingdoms_Cover_grief.jpeg Blog - Autumn Newsletter: Curiosity as Spiritual Practice - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/d5d73fd6-3d41-4053-9eec-24b0dc126ee4/IMG_6834.jpeg Blog - Autumn Newsletter: Curiosity as Spiritual Practice - Make it stand out Autumn sunsets have been glorious. photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2024/6/19/spring-barely-newsletter-wonder2024/6/20/summer-solstice-newsletter-wonder-awe-amp-beauty-as-spiritual-practiceawe-amp-beauty-as-overwhelm-ballasts monthly 0.5 2024-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/963b32a0-a4fd-419e-b4dd-77e81e7bc8eb/heart_grief_after_forest_fires_pacificnw.jpeg Blog - Summer Solstice Newsletter: Wonder, Awe, and Beauty as Spiritual Practice - Make it stand out View of the Columbia River on the Wahkeena Falls Trail. Fire scorched the trees a few years back. Now wildflowers and new growth are nestled among the stands of charred trees; the landscape cycling from death to rebirth to life. May 2024. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/be7d71dd-e1c9-4c7a-9daa-1b5333c32213/dogwood_delight_nurture_your_journey.jpeg Blog - Summer Solstice Newsletter: Wonder, Awe, and Beauty as Spiritual Practice - Make it stand out A sampling of the Dogwood residents at my new abode. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/d198a643-a6ae-4b7d-ac8f-49f4e5c4b915/IMG_6351.jpeg Blog - Summer Solstice Newsletter: Wonder, Awe, and Beauty as Spiritual Practice - Make it stand out One of the House Finches that stop by. They quick-sip and flitter away, so not easy to get a photo! https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2024/3/7/winter-newsletter-preparing-our-hearts-for-grief-anniversaries monthly 0.5 2024-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/7dde8ab5-03d3-4b71-89d9-6b8341660428/IMG_3869.jpeg Blog - Winter Newsletter: Preparing Our Hearts For Grief Anniversaries: COVID Edition - Make it stand out Remember the markers to stand 6’ apart in hopes it would reduce risk of spreading COVID-19? Now four years later, they are faded reminders of our earliest information about how to best care for ourselves and each other during the pandemic. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/9bc575ce-813c-4b98-91e0-48ee944925da/IMG_5750.jpeg Blog - Winter Newsletter: Preparing Our Hearts For Grief Anniversaries: COVID Edition - Make it stand out I am intentional about creating sacred space when I am working on Zoom. 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He’s the one in the front…small and mighty. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2024/1/22/grief-in-the-aftermath-of-a-storm monthly 0.5 2024-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/7354f2ec-b1a1-403b-96ef-86823f874fe1/DSC00079.jpeg Blog - Grief in the Aftermath of a Storm - Make it stand out One of a round of Robins scrounging for food amid the January 2024 ice and wind storm in the Pacific NW. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/f55c4c79-4854-4be8-b605-f1e1a05ac30e/DSC00080.jpeg Blog - Grief in the Aftermath of a Storm - Make it stand out The hummingbird that kept alighting outside my kitchen window during the ice and cold. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/54d47a7e-a935-4201-b869-3ef4ace841a6/IMG_5548.jpeg Blog - Grief in the Aftermath of a Storm - Make it stand out Apple tree enduring the cold. A few kids braved the elements and lacking snow to make snowballs, used frozen rotted apples to toss at one another instead. Creative! photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/78b3626e-58b7-4d40-9dcf-e82d1370bb18/DSC00077.jpeg Blog - Grief in the Aftermath of a Storm - Make it stand out Robins eating popsicle berries for sustenance. photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2023/12/7/darkness-the-gift-of-winter-that-allows-for-stillness-and-grief monthly 0.5 2023-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/ebe2e581-abb2-4e25-a38b-7edf45817d98/IMG_5311.jpeg Blog - Darkness: The Gift of Winter That Allows For Stillness...and Grief - Make it stand out First snow, clear skies & cold winds at Crater Lake National Park in November. There are times Grief can feel as cold and biting as the winds were around the rim this day when Winter, and all the assorted holidays associated with this time of year, arrive in the Northern climes. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/6067c0c4-0b71-45dc-8cee-45c5a37dd2bb/IMG_5348.jpeg Blog - Darkness: The Gift of Winter That Allows For Stillness...and Grief - Make it stand out How do we gently hold each other during times of grieving? Jacksonville Historic Cemetery, November 2023. photo by anne richardson. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2023/10/26/weaving-slow-time-into-our-lives monthly 0.5 2024-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/ac2f557d-793c-47cb-a5a0-84241aadfd8d/DSC00692.jpeg Blog - Weaving Slow Time Into Our Lives - Make it stand out The veil is thin between this world and the Otherworld as we journey toward Winter in the Northern climes. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/78b41826-3ab9-4a71-aaed-a7956fa63003/Dad+early+20s+%3F.jpeg Blog - Weaving Slow Time Into Our Lives - Make it stand out My father in his 20’s in England before immigrating. 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I’m going with confused. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/f8119a4f-7563-483f-9919-d1d0acebb2c9/IMG_8319.jpeg Blog - Weaving Slow Time Into Our Lives - Make it stand out Glasgow, Scotland. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/a106a034-9d02-488d-8a12-e9e56e4f1e10/Image+10-14-23+at+4.04+PM.jpeg Blog - Weaving Slow Time Into Our Lives - Make it stand out The newest anthology from Tiny Seed Literary Journal. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2023/10/4/autumn-newsletter-harvesting-rest monthly 0.5 2023-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/7584b0f2-e512-4637-95f2-b929a423f998/IMG_5110.jpeg Blog - Autumn Newsletter: Harvesting Rest - Make it stand out Rains returned for my morning walks right on cue for fall. The dahlias have been a palate of vibrant colors this season and even as they wane, continue to enchant. September 25, 2023. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/bc70ec1c-ac1b-4cfc-9688-8e48b3a106d5/IMG_5115.jpeg Blog - Autumn Newsletter: Harvesting Rest - Make it stand out First full day of rain in months hovering over the city of Portland. September 25, 2023. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/92018b04-4ca9-440b-99b7-267fa2b6c172/IMG_5102.jpeg Blog - Autumn Newsletter: Harvesting Rest - Make it stand out Fallen leaves from “The Sisters.” I will miss these Beloveds after I move. photo by anne richardson. Eva Cassidy sings my favorite version of the song Autumn Leaves. Oh do go and listen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/3dc414d7-1ea9-43b3-9951-bf3ec5980402/IMG_5050.jpeg Blog - Autumn Newsletter: Harvesting Rest - Make it stand out Anne Gudger’s Book, The Fifth Chamber, sitting atop my car, Luna. A perfect match. A gem of a book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/fd2c7fa9-9e57-465a-b24b-f1da31e83624/IMG_0532.jpeg Blog - Autumn Newsletter: Harvesting Rest - Make it stand out following dandelion seeds. my new substack….an outlet for my ponderings & writing. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/9cff9590-999d-4a5f-ad43-bfb9ec842e34/IMG_5124.jpeg Blog - Autumn Newsletter: Harvesting Rest - Make it stand out My mother’s ashes (mixed with special composting soil) under Tree by Salmon Creek. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2023/8/30/singing-grief-amp-loss-into-our-voicesof-the-full-calliope monthly 0.5 2023-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/f0cfaf89-1a63-4edb-961c-fc25d9be880e/IMG_4946.jpeg Blog - Singing Grief & Loss Into Our Voices - Make it stand out I love the abundance of sunflowers this time of year ready to fill a vase. The way they gather the sun into their midst, layering stories of seed to stalk to petal to bloom. Reaching, bending, sighing, dying. They contain multitudes, like us. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/5b5c301e-cbc6-460d-936d-bebf198aebaf/DSC00272.jpeg Blog - Singing Grief & Loss Into Our Voices - Make it stand out Lesser Goldfinches sipping from the birdbath. There have been as many as six at one time! (And why “lesser?” I think they are marvelous.) photo from 2021, anne ricahrdson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/50586f95-f6f9-4e2e-80a6-445ffcb68ba1/DSC00035.jpeg Blog - Singing Grief & Loss Into Our Voices - Make it stand out Part of my non-human community: Brown Pelicans and Western Gulls at Cannon Beach, Oregon taking flight. North Oregon Coast. August 2023. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/e141abed-1c25-4650-9a41-e63db696c83a/IMG_5014.jpeg Blog - Singing Grief & Loss Into Our Voices - Make it stand out Labyrinth set up for Mt. Hood Hospice’s Time of Remembrance in Sandy, Oregon. The leaves danced across the path off and of during our time together. August 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/d191b99f-1fd4-4db5-b4c4-63e855670d83/IMG_5015.jpeg Blog - Singing Grief & Loss Into Our Voices - Make it stand out Finger labyrinths for those who didn’t want to walk, plus an explanation on “how to walk a labyrinth for remembrance” handout and paper finger labyrinths were available to take home. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2023/7/26/weaving-into-our-enchanted-livesgrief monthly 0.5 2023-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/37d57af4-388e-4b02-a66f-151fe89faa13/DSC01414.jpeg Blog - Weaving Grief Into Our Enchanted Lives - Make it stand out Brown pelicans migrating, making a stop at the North Oregon Coast. Possibly the next stop on my journey. 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I was just getting into the rhythm of one season when, “poof,” spring was gone. Late spring daisies, June 19, 2023. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/d1180798-6f4a-46c7-9776-8763f936d151/E69792AA-5C9C-42AC-AB2E-16336EDFEDCC.jpeg Blog - Early Summer Newsletter: In Community With Birds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/88341967-41df-4425-987b-bcf06baa6244/IMG_4497.jpeg Blog - Early Summer Newsletter: In Community With Birds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/a5a466b7-a72c-42a7-8ba9-9312bb6de9d1/IMG_4572.jpeg Blog - Early Summer Newsletter: In Community With Birds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/4d4682ab-f004-46b2-9a36-682079f21779/Empty_Dark_eyed_junco_nest_post_fledge.jpeg Blog - Early Summer Newsletter: In Community With Birds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/3dbf4b5d-0b4d-477a-9902-9ca57a1ee0c3/IMG_5632.jpeg Blog - Early Summer Newsletter: In Community With Birds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/6ecb3518-ef5b-4f92-ac5b-ec70ae0b6a01/IMG_4684.jpeg Blog - Early Summer Newsletter: In Community With Birds - Make it stand out The second laying of eggs by the Dark-eyes juncos! I am honored. June 28, 2023. photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2023/5/17/grief-never-fails-me monthly 0.5 2023-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/16b34c19-fe5a-42da-b1c6-1b6631d7dcb4/IMG_4366.jpeg Blog - Grief Never Fails Me - Make it stand out Pacific Northwest meadow vibrant in early morning light. Spring, arriving later than usual for our region due to a cold, wet April, has awakened with extra vigor. May 14, 2023. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/afde2572-3c88-43a0-8edd-623d5316d7c5/IMG_4266.jpeg Blog - Grief Never Fails Me - Make it stand out Heart drawn in the sand with a wee opening at the bottom open to the incoming tide. I create a meaning I imagine was not the same as the one who drew the heart. But is that not the gift of leaving these ephemeral offerings for whoever passes by…? North Oregon Coast. May 3rd, 2023. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/c4531919-195f-45c4-89b6-924368b21e9c/IMG_4254.jpeg Blog - Grief Never Fails Me - Make it stand out Thresholds. Time at the coast, no matter how brief the stay, reminds me of my call to be in thresholds. North Oregon Coast, May 3rd, 2023. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1c395167-e13d-492b-a896-6169f07d460a/IMG_4363.jpeg Blog - Grief Never Fails Me - Make it stand out Plants are so wise. This one seems to be saying “Let all the feels flow out of your heart. Don’t hold it in.” photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1ca49969-72f3-4412-aaa0-6a3a81c6c926/Image+5-16-23+at+12.20+PM.jpeg Blog - Grief Never Fails Me - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/288eec1d-b2e2-4ded-b838-552edd56beee/Image+5-15-23+at+2.26+PM.jpeg Blog - Grief Never Fails Me - Make it stand out Who would be included in your Heart Family of support? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/bc58dd5a-e5ff-4ff3-9223-e7ff042e5a86/IMG_4405.jpeg Blog - Grief Never Fails Me - Make it stand out Dark-eyes Juncos have made a nest in my hanging basket. A lovely reminder of Spring’s hope. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2023/4/2/everything-is-connected-resiliency-ambiguous-loss-and-mud monthly 0.5 2023-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/58a9d3dc-36d4-4bd8-8005-93f13404b753/PDXMural_Mercedes_Tabish_We_Are_All_Connected.jpeg Blog - Everything is Connected: Resiliency, Ambiguous Loss, and Mud - Make it stand out Mural in Portland, Oregon that resonated with the theme: We Are all Connected. Muralist Mercedes Tabish. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/33f16cdd-22d5-4698-9da0-d1999aa71198/Resilience_tree_grief_loss.jpeg Blog - Everything is Connected: Resiliency, Ambiguous Loss, and Mud - Make it stand out A resilient tree, or is it trees now, as it has adapted to the seasons of life and is connected in so many ways to the community it is immersed in. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/ef5d9b94-abd3-4959-b01f-248e6829b3d9/8509C77E-1D1B-4F73-A14C-A89AF0797B01_1_201_a.jpeg Blog - Everything is Connected: Resiliency, Ambiguous Loss, and Mud - Make it stand out When in the midst of an ambiguous loss, it can feel isolating. Galway, Ireland. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/4c9741a5-62d4-4c50-bdad-5d9f916dfcfd/community_we_are_all_connected_grief..jpeg Blog - Everything is Connected: Resiliency, Ambiguous Loss, and Mud - Make it stand out My community of Mazamas Street Ramblers. We support each other and this stunning urban sequoa allowed us to wrap our arms around her. Nine of us all together! Portland Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/71b6665f-0fd4-4642-8628-fa37e54d792d/076E2C47-398A-4DA3-AE01-A7C6A98A1CD6_1_201_a.jpeg Blog - Everything is Connected: Resiliency, Ambiguous Loss, and Mud - Make it stand out Spring calls through the threshold, “i have arrived”. photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2023/3/3/winter-newsletter-footfalls-on-the-journeyshifting-landscapes-shift-perspectives monthly 0.5 2023-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/6d93f9ee-bf14-455c-b6a6-70ea6ac5192f/Winter_snow_2023_Oregon_grief.jpeg Blog - Winter Newsletter: Footfalls On The Journey—Shifting Landscapes Shift Perspectives - Make it stand out Snow shifts the shape of ornamental grasses, dormant and brown….dead even. The weight of the snow seemed to offer a renewed purpose as stems and leaves bowed and curved, revising the palette of the landscape. February 2023. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/c9376b69-474e-4492-9054-d755c36c8e1e/snow_heart_winter_2023_grief.jpeg Blog - Winter Newsletter: Footfalls On The Journey—Shifting Landscapes Shift Perspectives - Make it stand out A heart formed in the snow. Paying attention to how shrubs hold the snow offers surprises and wonder. February 2023. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/fce0be05-6ed0-4619-a628-9d3447e46ff3/faded_six_foot_marker_covid_three_years_grief.jpeg Blog - Winter Newsletter: Footfalls On The Journey—Shifting Landscapes Shift Perspectives - Make it stand out Faded “six foot” spacing marker at my local Trader Joes. See the wee heart? Remember standing on your spot, waiting to move forward? photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/ad81c6df-822d-4348-a4ba-479877403dca/lichen_winter_southernoregon_wonder_and_awe.jpeg Blog - Winter Newsletter: Footfalls On The Journey—Shifting Landscapes Shift Perspectives - Make it stand out Lichen spotting. This green was so electrifying against the crimson red and gray bark of the Manzanita shrub. Prescott County Park, Medford Oregon. February 2023. photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2023/2/12/coastal-language-of-ambiguous-loss-and-disenfranchised-grief monthly 0.5 2023-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/f18fd639-69de-4a73-b40f-f3eae0266627/A29DC053-596D-4286-BE22-28869EBBD17B_1_201_a.jpeg Blog - Coastal Language of Ambiguous Loss & Disenfranchised Grief - Make it stand out Water reflecting Clouds reflecting Sun. Ecola Creek, Cannon Beach, OR, January 2023. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/d4ec82e6-98b0-4d39-9917-99fb4a96ee65/winter_pre_dawn_fog_first_light.jpeg Blog - Coastal Language of Ambiguous Loss & Disenfranchised Grief - Make it stand out Winter’s first light from The Summit before the turning toward spring on February 1st. The calm when the rain is paused is a gentle time on my morning walks. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/d853a230-3faf-49b6-aec0-e9aa1bb20217/9BE552DE-8438-4CD0-97C7-6276F2F7C30E_1_201_a.jpeg Blog - Coastal Language of Ambiguous Loss & Disenfranchised Grief - Make it stand out Getting back into a daily writing practice. I like writing in color. What inspires you to write, if that is your practice? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/cf33b3d8-48ce-45ce-addd-4eb6ed51b2b1/moss_connecting_ambiguous_loss_nature.jpeg Blog - Coastal Language of Ambiguous Loss & Disenfranchised Grief - Make it stand out Connecting with moss after rain. Trying to “feel” the language of moss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/3ea32fbd-e94c-435d-a695-37d2e4489920/NorthOregon_Coast_Winter_Waning_moon_sunset.jpeg Blog - Coastal Language of Ambiguous Loss & Disenfranchised Grief - Make it stand out North Oregon Coast sunset with waning moon. Janary 2023. photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2023/1/12/noticing-amp-listening-beyond-words-invitations-to-connect monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/0a0e87d0-b507-4e09-a5ca-a5e0ee61b396/Heartcloud_last_sunset2022_Oregon_Coast_grief.jpeg Blog - Noticing & Listening Beyond Words: Invitations to Connect - Make it stand out Clouds reflecting the final sunset of the year. Looks like a heart to me…and after another loss-filled year, I think it was kind of 2022 to offer us a heart to end on. Cannon Beach, OR. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/f8ce5f21-54fb-47df-9b77-a79dd9f0be5f/Winter_song_roses_2022_pacificnw.jpeg Blog - Noticing & Listening Beyond Words: Invitations to Connect - Make it stand out Winter’s song. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/ffb66452-ed29-481b-925e-db6ba611a3af/Winter_Solstice_2022_labyrinth_wholeness.jpeg Blog - Noticing & Listening Beyond Words: Invitations to Connect - Make it stand out The labyrinth (not my canvas, but isn’t she beautiful!) set up for the Solstice event. The Threshold singers placed the luminaries around the outside and it was stunning. Then they sang to hold the space. First time I facilitated an event with live music. A blessing. Plus a newly trained labyrinth facilitator volunteered to accompany me and was another blessing in helping “hold the space.” I always trust the labyrinth to be present to what is needed for any person and event. Truly blessed by this evening. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/adb256ad-a000-4f94-944a-d2593d77413e/2023_intentions_vision_board_nurture_your_journey%27.jpeg Blog - Noticing & Listening Beyond Words: Invitations to Connect - Make it stand out My 2023 intentions include images from Melanie Weidner’s Listen For Joy Art and Wisdom Cards, Velvetback Plant Ally cards, iBelove inspiration cards. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2022/12/1/autumn-newsletter-footfalls-on-the-journey-natures-call-to-be-still monthly 0.5 2022-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/7853599b-fc78-42c5-a0fe-5f303c7f9488/823B1EA3-7461-41F0-A614-7CC742F2E288_1_201_a.jpeg Blog - Autumn Newsletter: Footfalls on the Journey--Nature's Call to Be Still - Make it stand out First overnight return to the Northern Oregon Coast since the first week of March and my sojourn to the UK & Ireland. A time of deep connecting. The first morning greeted by the setting moon as the sun rose behind me…the crow setting off along the shore. The whole time away was a gift. My first steps on the sand and I audibly exhaled “home.” Where are the places you feel you are “home?” Cannon Beach, Oregon. November 2022. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/8b5a1b74-912c-4edb-ac69-435d5571cfe9/4320B427-FD87-4122-9A94-8CA67E7D1ABF_1_201_a.jpeg Blog - Autumn Newsletter: Footfalls on the Journey--Nature's Call to Be Still - Make it stand out Where is your heart as the holidays approach? Are there losses that are felt more acutely this time of year? 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Oct 3, 2022. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/0aaa7298-23f5-4c84-b3e8-1854184eca7e/farmers_market_peppers_IMG_2516.jpg Blog - Listening to Life's Seasonal Shifts - Make it stand out I love the color-fest found at the farmers’ markets this time of year. Hillsdale Farmer’s Market. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/39238cda-58b2-4528-bd01-e282d6368f66/Sister_Trees_2018_pre_drought.jpeg Blog - Listening to Life's Seasonal Shifts - Make it stand out The Sisters in early Oct. 2018 before ice storms, wildfire smoke and drought shifted their way of being in their space. They have taught me many lessons in the four years since this photo was taken. 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June 3, 2022. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/70e7eb60-69cc-4296-befe-8aaff207a8bc/graffiti_flower_heart_sojourning_with_stillness Blog - Sojourning with Stillness: From Distraction to Joy - Make it stand out flower & heart graffiti in Dumfries, Scotland. Scotland has my heart. 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What does it mean to you? More than quiet? Silence? “Wind Power” mural, part of City Centre Mural Trail, Glasgow, Scotland. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/08cd6228-9363-4eee-a69b-6dbb9bd2af21/Sojourning_with_Stillness_heart_tree.jpeg Blog - Sojourning with Stillness: First Noticings - Make it stand out Heart of stillness includes listening to Trees, like this beauty at the Glasgow Botanical Gardens. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/5dce9697-2b3d-4811-8206-d2abde84d041/Sojourning_with_Stillness_river_reflection.jpeg Blog - Sojourning with Stillness: First Noticings - Make it stand out Reflection on the River Kelvin, one of the rivers that flows through Glasgow. What stillness lies below the surface? photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/dfe4fe3f-0684-4b25-aa43-3140a55faa6c/Sojourning_with_Stillness_my_teacher.jpeg Blog - Sojourning with Stillness: First Noticings - Make it stand out My “stillness” mentor—street musician. photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2022/5/9/lessons-from-the-pandemic-unsettled-grief-where-do-we-go-from-here monthly 0.5 2022-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/60dd85f0-ab5c-4005-bf92-ad71e38e2295/Black-eyed_Junco_nest_with_eggs.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Unsettled Grief—Where do we go from here? - Make it stand out Recently laid eggs of Dark-eyes Juncos nestled in a nest on the wreath hanging from my front door. One of the gifts I’ve received this spring season. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/934ef7cc-d2e8-4a91-af5b-987c38e46877/fullsizeoutput_4a6f.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Unsettled Grief—Where do we go from here? - Make it stand out Nest on the back deck. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/d4d68a68-b3a0-4fcf-a947-8e974fd7ca66/overwhelm_of_dogwood_grief_perhaps.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Unsettled Grief—Where do we go from here? - Make it stand out The dogwoods have loved the cool, wet Pacific NW Spring. As I walked on a recent, rainy morning, this beauty called out to me and seemed to represent both our collective desire to reengage “in real life” and the overwhelm of being back out in the world—navigating anew our personal comfort zone alongside community engagement. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/3c5d9fdb-470a-4b19-8d58-bf855dfae727/Staffa_Boat_Tour_Sojourning_with_Grief_2019.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Unsettled Grief—Where do we go from here? - Make it stand out “Heart” of Fingal’s Cave, part of the Isle of Staffa off the coast of Scotland from my 2019 “Sojourning with Grief” journey. photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2022/3/23/lessons-from-the-pandemic-stories-grief-weaves monthly 0.5 2022-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/bff2c0cf-1e94-42f8-a4b7-3030819fae7e/fullsizeoutput_3a42.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Stories Grief Weaves - Make it stand out Cherry blossoms and blue sky from a neighborhood walk in Spring 2021. Vaccines offered hope even if the future was blurry. A year later, we have some clarity…and are still learning. In other words, life. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/b786b980-e16b-45bb-b3f6-6c8264b3c3dc/Grief_Time_to_be.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Stories Grief Weaves - Make it stand out Take time to be. Northern Oregon Coast, March 2022. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/24110870-ae63-49ad-a80a-5fc30047a811/Sister_Tree_Grief.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Stories Grief Weaves - Make it stand out One of The Sisters marked for felling. Seeing this band around her sent a wave a sadness through me. Grief. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/3da24f32-e55d-4823-b2a8-09de2d899d8e/Sister_Trees_Beauty_Grief.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Stories Grief Weaves - Make it stand out Sister Trees before ice storms and decay. Summer 2020. 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Lake Oswego, Oregon. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/c8af8037-d365-41f7-858a-dbb00596828d/No_Bad_Parts_book_cover.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Between Times, Kindness, & Grief - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/9091177e-38d5-4495-a004-1623076a325e/labyrinth_walk_new_years_day_tradition.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Between Times, Kindness, & Grief - Make it stand out Walking a labyrinth either on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day is one way I honor the turning of the year and listen to Source. North Valley Friends Labyrinth, Newberg, Oregon. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/750b1687-71f7-4601-8fa7-b49adb3b65c3/Death+card+from+Rumi+deck.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Between Times, Kindness, & Grief - Make it stand out Oracle card from Ari Honavar’s “Rumi’s Gift” oracle deck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/54d28794-1c49-42d8-9165-2fc48266580a/fog_thresholds_grief_liminal_space.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Between Times, Kindness, & Grief - Make it stand out Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge in winter. photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2021/12/15/lessons-from-the-pandemic-invitations-of-winter-amp-grief monthly 0.5 2021-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/f227621f-6ebd-494a-931d-7ef6bf4f1c55/Wintering_Grief_Crater_Lake_National_Park.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Invitations of Winter & Grief - Make it stand out Winter invites us to move slow in fog-embraced terrains:—internal & external. To rest. To wait. Crater Lake National Park. November 2021. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/2f4d2a40-9b8b-4137-8cb9-eb740d5748ce/Winter_Grief_Rest_.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Invitations of Winter & Grief - Make it stand out Sister Trees are bare on top limbs during Winter, but down below Fern, Moss, Lichen are thriving and below ground there is are rich connections being made in the decay. November 2021. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/2dc75248-a809-4f8a-8bf9-c967e857e4af/Heart_Gratitude_Beach.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Invitations of Winter & Grief - Make it stand out I am a heart seeker. I find them everywhere. This one was on the North Oregon Coast. I left it for other heart seekers. November 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/f996b3ce-e298-402a-80a5-f87dec6726ee/Prescription_for_honoring_grief_anne_richardson.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Invitations of Winter & Grief - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/d68082cc-9304-4f22-afba-c416aee5cfd9/Wedding_Officiant.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Invitations of Winter & Grief - Make it stand out Bonus Photo! Here I am officiating my niece’s Florida beach wedding in November. (Not to brag…okay, a bit, but several folks said it was a lovely service.) https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2021/11/4/lessons-from-the-pandemic-when-grief-stirs-in-the-bones monthly 0.5 2021-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/137425a8-0a73-40f4-b6d8-4aae4b5fdc91/Grief_auturm_thin_places_Sister_Trees.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: When Grief Stirs in the Bones - Make it stand out The leaves on The Sister Trees shifted from the lime-green color of sherbet “ice cream” of my childhood to goldenrod & amber to releasing in mere days as we approached the time of year when the “veil” is thin, as if leaving room for arrivals and departures. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/70d06c76-1174-4d91-87c1-21b6c8cea9ae/thin_places_grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: When Grief Stirs in the Bones - Make it stand out “The Veil.” Oregon Coast, summer 2021. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/63b7d88a-cfff-40c5-be60-917f32bb3446/thin_veil_fog_grief.JPG Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: When Grief Stirs in the Bones - Make it stand out “Thin places” may feel like a fog, where there is a sense of a presence beyond our usual five-sensed way of “knowing.” Olympic National Peninsula, September 2020. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/16a94a8e-877f-42c9-a3e9-3712a142bdc7/Nana.Ancestor.Grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: When Grief Stirs in the Bones - Make it stand out My nana (paternal grandmother.) Stories she didn’t share…I wonder where they linger in my bones? Photo from the family archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/0e6bef89-733e-4e65-bbfa-ea4217fa92c8/five_stages_of_grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: When Grief Stirs in the Bones - Make it stand out “Five stages of Grief”—nice and orderly. At least that is what some would like us to believe but has never been my experience. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/94b2e98a-32b0-460f-b4c8-3989e7580c03/Goldfinch_on_birdbath_Oregon.JPG Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: When Grief Stirs in the Bones - Make it stand out Goldfinch visiting the birdbath. Part of a flock that are first time visitors to my deck offering much delight. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/f1c94694-9d30-40e1-9e0d-57710d498eb1/California_Redwood.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: When Grief Stirs in the Bones - Make it stand out At home with kin. (Yes, I am in the photo. Standing by hundreds-of-year old redwoods offers perspective.) California Redwoods State Park. September 2021. photo by David Bardes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/0bde9f34-8227-4298-9b18-663c0c9d3f72/Witnessing_Mother_Oceans-Power.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: When Grief Stirs in the Bones - Make it stand out Witnessing Mother Ocean’s Power. Northern California Coast. September 2021. photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2021/8/30/lessons-from-the-pandemic-you-cannot-fail-at-grief monthly 0.5 2021-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1630359114921-N8GT9NVLWDEKHCK2ZUBS/Waning_moom_grief_aweness.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: You Cannot Fail at Grief - Make it stand out Waning summer moon at sunrise. The rhythm of days and seasons is a reminder that even in the midst of overwhelm, Earth’s cycles continue. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1630359936113-XYX8VCLT191IO6O7ZY9D/Grief_confusion_disquiet_Neskowin_oregon.JPG Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: You Cannot Fail at Grief - Make it stand out Confusion is common when grieving. Neskowin, Oregon. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1630360507849-ZNZOZJN47H8UTS4P1VQX/tree_heart_greif.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: You Cannot Fail at Grief - Make it stand out Tree heart at Cape Mears, Oregon. photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2021/7/29/lessons-from-the-pandemic-longing-as-subtle-grief monthly 0.5 2021-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1627603223834-YVFPVZB24G7GPTP4H7AR/Grief_longing_Oregon_Coast_Neskowin.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Longing as Subtle Grief - Make it stand out Seeking stillness amid the noise of summer. A rare moment on the coast where the crowds parted. Neskowin, Oregon, July 2021, photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1627603789472-6VZCDTXOTWJA1TPHKB3M/drought_leaves_Oregon_2021_grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Longing as Subtle Grief - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1627604870479-U4433H6U633AUALGLLS4/leaves_new_growth_big_leave_maples_grief_drought.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Longing as Subtle Grief - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1627605212304-AS9N3BLH1AS148T5O343/sunflower_fading_grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Longing as Subtle Grief - Make it stand out I often feel like the petals of this sunflower in summer—faded and ragged. Mountainside Lavender Farm. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1627606325891-OITPZJG6LZN8VUES0I3K/nuthatch.birdbath.longing.grief.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Longing as Subtle Grief - Make it stand out One of my nuthatch visitors. They are so bold as to stop by when I am eating lunch on my deck. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1627606729916-43XUFQ4JF2IYDJJIHUS8/crow_visitor_grief_relief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Longing as Subtle Grief - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1627607100589-E30PLBTLXCZNDIO3WZFL/matilija_poppy_summer_poem.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Longing as Subtle Grief - Make it stand out Matilija poppy. photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2021/6/16/lessons-from-the-pandemic-wheres-the-grief monthly 0.5 2021-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1623796625934-N6ZOQKPIZM1FWOZKT757/grief_cascading_or+hurry_to_reemerge_pandemic_dogwood.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Where's the Grief? - Make it stand out White dogwoods emerge in late spring after most of the other flowering trees have shed their blossoms. “Are we not spectacular?” they seem to say. You answer, “Why yes,” and wonder what your own re-emerging might look like. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1623797101601-WKLAWUI4H5ID9YDN9N5A/Sister_trees_grief_rebirth.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Where's the Grief? - Make it stand out New growth from “Mother” and the other two Sister Trees. As always, the circle, the community of Big Leaf Maples—they are my teachers. This latest journey of loss has been a profound lesson on Grief and unexpected Joy. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1623807438760-958FE2L6MSGLTGD9RS15/pollinators_spring2021_vibrant_grief.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Where's the Grief? - Make it stand out The humming of bees reminds me of the buzzing energy I sense when I am out in public. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1623805139763-XDUZ41ZYSQ6O7QWSFKEC/butterfly_waiting_dying_grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Where's the Grief? - Make it stand out This butterfly seemed to be offered as a reminder to notice and slow. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1623806453822-M9XX80ORQG9ULN6IT5Z6/Gabor_Mate_trauma.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Where's the Grief? - Make it stand out Dr. Gabor Maté, Trauma expert and author of “In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Close Encounters With Addiction.” photo from Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1623808394835-I3H7DZSXAGFRFR679P97/beach_tangles_grief_heart.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Where's the Grief? - Make it stand out Beauty in the Tangled Threads (see the hearts?). photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2021/4/30/lessons-from-the-pandemic-scattered-hope monthly 0.5 2021-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1619741720346-6Z9O7OP7QNPPZMH3QM2T/Greif_mothers_ashes_wildflowers.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Scattered Hope Wildflowers served as a place to scatter some of my mother’s ashes on her birthday on my “Sojourn with Grief” two years ago. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1619741125752-9OEG4CMX05ZHCWMFQNG7/Spring_lambs_sojourning_with_grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Scattered Hope One of the many lambs I saw on my sojourn. Has it really been two years?! photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1619740501869-D3FPKTU7A75GH5ZXEREM/sparrow_Oregon_spring_hope.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Scattered Hope This sparrow drops by regularly for a sip from the birdbath. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1619742998562-UL6ZXXIMQH64TUQLCSKE/transitions_oregon_coast_cannon_beach_grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Scattered Hope A coastline is an example of transitional space much like we are in with Grief. Shifting with the wind and tide. 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Cherry blossoms-first arrivals as winter ebbs. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1616714497055-U1VA5UGCI1NEBGV2P1PV/Grief_loss_edges_lament.JPG Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: What Does Hope Look Like These Days? My ancestry lies deep in the soil of the British Isles. I find it meaningful to mourn and lament at the edges, where cliff and water meet—those thin places. This is Tintagel in England where I went on Sojourn two years ago, in part to mourn the death of my mother. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1616715182325-OCVHTD7YIC61QGJDBS09/Winter_moon_Grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: What Does Hope Look Like These Days? Grieving with the winter moon in February. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1616715416125-1HJP8NYP5F2GCEPDPS40/Daffodil_Hope_Griefjpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: What Does Hope Look Like These Days? One daffodil arose in a pot on my deck. It was enough. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2021/2/26/lessons-from-the-pandemic-isnt-every-loss-worthy-of-grieving monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614368950323-UHBJHI71339Q51BAX1W9/The_Sister_Trees_grief_and_loss.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? The Sister Trees in late November 2020 as fog was lifting and skies cleared. A beautiful gift in what can be a gloomy season in the Pacific NW. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614369270205-NQE4IJWN4IF9SL2QE7C8/Sister_Tress_Mother_Heart_grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? Mother’s “heart.” December 2020. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614369526212-APOOMEX7K7FZUOTKT55W/first_covid_mask_selfie.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? Yup, that was my first “mask” attempt! And yes, it is a bit embarrassing to share this… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614372213275-P4BDQW4HXEWRDR6KC40K/Sister_tress_Mother_grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? Sister Tree, “Mother,” fell during the Ice Storm. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614373055214-EF5DAL1TPU0YCK3E6UD4/Sister_Trees_grief_loss.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? The two other Sisters fell the next day under the weight of the thawing ice. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614373523042-85N70WWPBO96TGI50URV/Sister_Tress_Greif_loss_new_skyline.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? The new skyline with the remaining trees. It still startles me, the missing of the three Sisters. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614373210869-TXGHQHLRCIQY9PC0AKTE/Mother_Ocean_Sister_Tree_grief_loss.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? Releasing a piece of “Mother” into the soothing waves of Mother Ocean. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379505731-QCDHZV9MSKEX8Q0YCHLN/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_3e8.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - First photo on my camera role https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379511013-UVM2Q64UQ6ZJZW8IXW5H/kpgRiy4EREGEpI2mjd0tbA_thumb_a54.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - The sacred circle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379516704-8W7HUWDV224VIV3E0JS5/aLzoHOZqQpmqtV9xTHyB%2Bg_thumb_a59.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Adornment of ferns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379525575-51BQQSZLMLFQNQIB9CWJ/Z3IniX2CSVWZfF8RGuEO8A_thumb_1131.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Summer! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379542499-PXQJWTVUPJCHJCP24QK7/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_166d.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Sacred Center. The Sisters grew from an elder “Mother” stump (which is how I came to know them as “The Sisters.) They have been part of the land long before the homes were built around them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379560331-Q2ULAHU0I5QXYGDM3TJN/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_166e.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Beautiful in any season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379574425-B7UY8VFCB9RYBC6GPLE9/AT66TPgHQU6FV%2BmgZNDVpg_thumb_17f1.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Hinting at autumn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379581538-6F9SJUPWIOQ7Z0P4XTUU/eUAc4MQUQhmU1pOoZotehw_thumb_18c7.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Autumn's arrival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379592814-7NKZ1LOQB0JMWLPULSA6/juKmxS2wSbeJWXFSFoMx%2Bw_thumb_1992.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Winter preparation. Winter rest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379601007-7BPTD9P1HY579LJ4KGX7/5WgbXKZ2TJ6NBtnkmB8Xeg_thumb_1aa7.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Winter solstice 2018 with a full moon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379613009-1PXH883JDOKW6W26J8CH/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_1bf2.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - The center-sacred energy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379642250-8ZOSQRQOM4I3QTTOVYKB/ou9y5T47Suq4sj3hXIxxvg_thumb_1d44.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - An earlier year with light snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379649476-76KM2VOHBITRSH2MVDC2/fclyP6HqSOG8gy%25xip2X%25w_thumb_20d5.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Nestled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379681163-7P1DPPPU9JEUSLTOJQQ4/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_3dfc.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Frilly ferns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379687752-8MZVPT3ALKJYWJWNZ86G/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_4258.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Moon gazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379702722-47I6F36JIWDA96UYSRP2/imckfxx%2BTjqHjry40DEs%2BA_thumb_488c.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Spring fruits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379715171-9MMCXVXB2QBR5WJLYCTJ/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_4989.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - The "Heart" Sister. Also special to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379723114-RDFHBUA2PE1IY9QU3KGE/CzRv0iZtQ7WZIil8MnSuxg_thumb_4994.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Greeting the clouds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379742782-4JARS2STPLXWCT5PZMDQ/kiu8kd5%25RRGVKnz6XwFucg_thumb_49d3.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - The "Heart" Sister has two hearts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379760171-UQUT1BINSJ6JAZ4TATFR/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_4f41.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Summer. The Sisters remind me life is cyclical.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379792681-2A5B7QHTF064WWO1BZ3O/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_4fe3.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - A large limb lost was in 2020 wind storm. Perhaps it was a hint of what was to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379807145-2AIH455BKHHSA1BXRPMY/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_4c58.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - What will be missed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379812895-3QMGRGW5V5XZY9U2FY42/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_510d.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Autumn beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379820567-RVOXMYXG9V6DJQJF1YXA/f722cIvjROKa7twSGAO%25HQ_thumb_5128.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Leaf "litter" is nature's art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379830384-I1V0LDE6PAWVC49YWMFN/fWFpLU7ATryST54hn68cmw_thumb_5199.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379858611-2X32TNKXNZ1NEPDABG94/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_5325.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Fern waterfall (photo by David Bardes.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379869876-ZXDACUVZ14GMCRN4SK76/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_5364.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Winter Sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379882065-RW7D13U4SFCOI85W4KXT/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_5398.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Loving the moon...again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379889515-ONPXE1ZKVGJWDYL6XF9C/6wWyUyAeS0WYnvmATFD%2B5A_thumb_53ca.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Mother's heart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379905032-GTXTMDU9XAMC1U0C47H3/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_5587.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Last time together before the ice felled three of The Sisters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379915315-R4TBX311KDLBT5CUSF4C/YirGZgGiSG251gFiINB2fA_thumb_5579.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Liminal. Final photo with all The Sisters standing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379926338-KEVUVN1OV7EKRHPEQUDC/JGwquAaiSLaVRglqWfa%2BWA_thumb_557f.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Fern with ice droplets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379937709-VO3WIOYHEU3HM86X84MU/39gH7%2BXWQliaUPWpSmEsWA_thumb_5583.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Last day I have of Mother standing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379966157-GCJ9SP7HR0LPL677YNU6/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_5638.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - All heart (do you see three in there?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379972984-HJM9WKME6XU8NBZP9O50/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_5636.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - "Mother." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379979584-LM1WN0B942MQJEY3F0QJ/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_563b.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - A heart in the sawdust. A message of love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379987759-3JXQZW4754QWHT05LL1Z/gJ4QfJO8TGetXQPad6hETw_thumb_562d.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - A new perspective. A missing of the old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614379996395-8JY1S2ANOEH86JG6KJW7/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_563e.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - Open to the East. I feel so vulnerable now when I enter the circle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1614380000352-U6OYV8PI7EWKMTET85JF/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_5644.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Isn't Every Loss Worthy of Grieving? - The circle, though, still sacred. What will rise from the fallen Sisters? https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2021/1/29/lessons-from-the-pandemic-deep-weariness-changing-the-conversation-asking-beautiful-questions monthly 0.5 2021-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1611885435855-M6KA29NZJQZEA5XOAN83/Unfolding_Path_Grief_Pilgrimage_C2C.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Deep Weariness, Changing the Conversation, Asking Beautiful Questions Beginning of David Whyte’s poem, Santiago: “The road seen, then not seen, the hillside/hiding then revealing the way you should take,/ the road dropping away from you as if leaving you/ to walk on thin air, then catching you, holding you up,/ when you thought you would fall,” Photo of the Lake District from my spring 2019 Coast-To-Coast walk across Northern England, where I sojourned with and became an apprentice to Grief. Photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1611888325376-JVGXGWHTY0SVDH56TD7H/Winter_Sunrise_Pandemic_coping.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Deep Weariness, Changing the Conversation, Asking Beautiful Questions Winter sunrise. One of the gifts of my early morning walks. Photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1611888473932-4NS21GJAPLB9XXAK1KZ4/Lap_Pool_Beckoning_Grieving_loss.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Deep Weariness, Changing the Conversation, Asking Beautiful Questions The lap pool, waiting for swimmers to return. I believe it longs for us as much as we long for it. Photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1611888808556-783SBS343DLVZYSL4EQ6/Contemplation_grief_coping.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Deep Weariness, Changing the Conversation, Asking Beautiful Questions Contemplation, one of my “healthy” ways of coping, became elusive as I grew more and more weary. North Oregon Coast. Photo by David Bardes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1611890888029-PM5PKM4BCKYNZR16I85Z/Wise_Trees_Share_About_Dark_and_Light.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Deep Weariness, Changing the Conversation, Asking Beautiful Questions These are some of the wise Trees that speak with me on my morning walks. Photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1611891600621-P05O9W16H4MB41VRKQ6O/Chartres_style_labyrinth_Newberg_Oregon.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Deep Weariness, Changing the Conversation, Asking Beautiful Questions The North Valley Friends outdoor labyrinth I walked New Years Day Eve that offered insights on thresholds. Photo by anne richardson. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2020/12/22/lessons-from-the-pandemic-my-mentor-grief-shares-the-gifts-of-winter-darkness monthly 0.5 2020-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1608677073129-3TI7I2AHTHY0QSUGGU8H/Winter_Solstice_Grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: My Mentor Grief Shares the Gifts of Winter Darkness Winter Solstice 2018 where dark and light embraced under a full moon. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1608680165761-FP1SY34TGG4JD8M6MA49/Farmhouse_Christmas_1964.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: My Mentor Grief Shares the Gifts of Winter Darkness With my mum and brother. The old farmhouse. Christmas 1964. Dayton, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1608680470172-96A3FIIM9M03ZJICG8TG/Park_lights_no_escape_to_be_in_the_dark_grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: My Mentor Grief Shares the Gifts of Winter Darkness A lamp at The Summit, the high point of my morning walk. I wish I could have dark to view the winter dawnings. Instead, there is always manufactured light. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1608681188392-W517CV9HBDH3PPFTPZT1/Grief_Lament_Wailing_heard_listeng.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: My Mentor Grief Shares the Gifts of Winter Darkness Allowing Grief to lament in the light after sitting in the dark. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1608682312140-B3I3QZJLE2MII2TWMLG0/Daffodils_grief_mothers.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: My Mentor Grief Shares the Gifts of Winter Darkness My mum at the orchard with the daffodils. Winter is a remembrance season for me. Both my parents died in winter. I choose to honor the dark days by holding my parents close. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2020/11/25/lessons-from-the-pandemic-lamenting-and-gratitude-arise-out-of-the-same-heart monthly 0.5 2020-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1606329219138-ODGIEMTHU6PJG5KG1NO3/Messy_Grief_Heart.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Lamenting & Gratitude Arise Out of the Same Heart Messy Grief Heart. Grief expressed through lamenting can feel like uprooting a tree. Hoh Rain Forest. Olympic National Park. September 2020. Photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1606329612402-6RNJCV72GB20OVSEFZE1/Awed_by_sunset_Haystack_Rock.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Lamenting & Gratitude Arise Out of the Same Heart Oregon Coast Sunset Awes. Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, OR. November 2020. Photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1606329828851-IRJ6GPYKD4LOEQF01Q38/Quiet_reunion_fresh_and_salt_water_Oregon_Coast_Cannon_Beach.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Lamenting & Gratitude Arise Out of the Same Heart Where stream water approaches salt, life thrives. Cannon Beach, OR. Novmember 2020. Photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1606342537919-S6O9HQXU4EEV7RVU8VGQ/Ocean_reflections_after_lament_storm_Cannon_Beach.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Lamenting & Gratitude Arise Out of the Same Heart After THE STORM, reflection. Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach ,OR. November 2020. 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Olympic Peninsula, Washington, Sept. 2020. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1603919604902-4FMPPEW4VBVYCP39548Y/swimming_pool_waiting_grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Being with Stillness is Expansive I pass by my beloved pool on my now dark, morning walks. “Soon my friend” I’ve been whispering the last few days. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1603920689537-P0N1ZHIPJOE4XY8KRRQM/Sister_Trees_autumn_leaves_grief.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Being with Stillness is Expansive The Sister Trees are shedding their leaves. Soon they will be bare, ready for winter storms. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1603920808178-HM3UGBI7GZGPNMDOJJUW/glorious_geranium_gift.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Being with Stillness is Expansive My glorious geranium. I am grateful for an abundance of kindness over two seasons. photo taken 10-28-20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1603921507316-UUZ4JMYTTFKM0U3KNSI9/Labyrinth_Oregon_walk.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Being with Stillness is Expansive Though we can’t physically join together on a labyrinth like this one at North Valley Friends Church in Newberg, Oregon, we can “walk” finger labyrinths together in my workshops. Do check this one out if you live locally though. It is lovely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1603921883989-E8SIHV87DQ31LBTPO082/swimming_pool_reunion.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Being with Stillness is Expansive https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2020/10/5/lessons-from-the-pandemic-open-to-stillness-open-to-being-brave monthly 0.5 2020-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1601933412458-BSUCC0FVTDVAH4IY42IB/Stillness_amid_grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Open to Stillness, Open to Being Brave Clear air and stillness. A welcome relief after the thick haze of wildfire air. Sometimes, simply sitting in the stillness, waiting, is brave. Lake Quinault, Olympic Peninsula, Sept 2020. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1601934472227-S2K923H4HV7UVUI8CKZI/thresholds_grief_hall_of_moss_olympic_penisula.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Open to Stillness, Open to Being Brave This year seems to be one long-lasting threshold event. Hall of Mosses, Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Forest. September 2020. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1601935868832-C8LQNFQGHFQJ6A36COB3/beneath_the_surface_grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Open to Stillness, Open to Being Brave Peering beneath the surface down into one’s inner waters does not provide clarity at the outset. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1601937239413-CCEXS5HYCIVC9I47O2BS/Grief_shroud.JPG Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Open to Stillness, Open to Being Brave What lies ahead is shrouded. Hoh Rain Forest. September 2020. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1601939290026-4LFI0LDMAS94JLZK5RV7/Autumn_sunrise_Pacific_Northwest.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Open to Stillness, Open to Being Brave Pre-dawn sunrise on my walk. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1601937545770-SWTZYCENSZ9DSNC97CJ9/Spiritual_companionship.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Open to Stillness, Open to Being Brave The art of deep listening. photo by anne richardson. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2020/9/2/lessons-from-the-pandemic-have-you-taken-time-to-be-still-workshop-recognizing-amp-honoring-transitions monthly 0.5 2020-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1599081479941-PDVTBJD3GQHYAGQVVEPI/Recognizing_transitions_autumn_grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Have You Taken Time to Be Still? Invitation to a Workshop: Recognizing & Honoring Life Transitions I rise the same time. The sun rises later. Summer is meandering towards its end in my neighborhood. Autumn is whispering to the leaves “I’m here. Are you ready?” photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1599081977393-FWGNVR1UU5ME4Y7OXBZH/Farmers_Market_Autumn_Bounty.JPG Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: Have You Taken Time to Be Still? Invitation to a Workshop: Recognizing & Honoring Life Transitions Hillsdale Farmers’ Market, 2019, photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2020/7/24/lessons-from-the-pandemic-on-a-pilgrimage-with-grief monthly 0.5 2020-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1595616674799-WHIKHNMDCB99GAT87G94/Pilgrimage_with_grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: On a Pilgrimage with Grief Hold loosely expectations while on pilgrimage, for the road is not smooth. Photo taken in the Lake District, England, April 2019 by anne richardson while on sojourn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1595617435763-C0RD1H2GIU4DOIYE4EAU/overpowering_aroma_of_loss_jasmine.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: On a Pilgrimage with Grief The scent of loss is in the air. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1595617731642-UWMEVZG5GNOED1941BL0/Grief_wandering_new_landscapes.jpg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: On a Pilgrimage with Grief When we are at a place of threshold, the way ahead is not clear. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1595618124521-1E1R5LHRWX08Z14AKAPR/symbol_pilgrimage_Chartres.jpeg Blog - Lessons from the Pandemic: On a Pilgrimage with Grief Medieval symbol for pilgrims outside of Chartres Cathedral in France. photo by anne richarson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2020/6/5/listening-to-my-mentor-grief-breath-is-sacred monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1591393604098-TYTJCW2W4TWNLZUWWRBV/Breath_Air_Grief_StBees_England.jpeg Blog - Listening to My Mentor Grief: Breathing as a Sacred Act Air, wind, breath. Invisible in its essence. Felt in its movement. Sacred in how it sustains life. Photo taken on my spiritual sojourn, April 2019, from the starting point of the Coast-to-Coast in St. Bees, England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1591394822698-U6E26V4Q3B5T7W2UDJ9I/Grief_labyrinth_workshop.jpeg Blog - Listening to My Mentor Grief: Breathing as a Sacred Act A circle from one of my workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1591395503400-V68VYDM959OALOF35BCQ/Mother_and_child_Chalic_Well.jpg Blog - Listening to My Mentor Grief: Breathing as a Sacred Act Mother and child, Chalice Well garden, Glastonbury, England. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1591395757905-5QE9TPCRXFHYUL3EVUYS/Sacred_Wind_Grief_Sojourn_Tintagel.JPG Blog - Listening to My Mentor Grief: Breathing as a Sacred Act Tintagel, England, where the wind spoke to me on my spiritual sojourn in 2019. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1591396787910-LHO74DM3693CFG0GA2ZB/The_Bell_and_The+Blackbird_David_Whyte.jpeg Blog - Listening to My Mentor Grief: Breathing as a Sacred Act https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1591397207920-JGHUWYEMREMCWP6ZMOHU/Meadow_not_grass_for_pollinators.jpeg Blog - Listening to My Mentor Grief: Breathing as a Sacred Act The strip of meadow that has replaced grass where I take my morning walks. photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2020/5/7/lesson-from-my-mentor-grief-sitting-with-discomfort-embracing-beauty monthly 0.5 2020-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1588877904742-00W4EDYH5X2XRYVCFYKW/Wild_tulips_lesson_from_grief.jpeg Blog - Lesson From My Mentor, Grief: Sitting With Discomfort While Embracing Beauty The wild abandon of tulips entices me to explore my own wildness. Historic Jenkins Estate. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1588878167147-QYPB8K3KV1MY1RSW1TOU/Oceanic_clouds_grief.jpeg Blog - Lesson From My Mentor, Grief: Sitting With Discomfort While Embracing Beauty These clouds reminded me of Mother Ocean and how much I miss her. It inspired a poem that began with these lines: Clouds flowed/in like/tide this/morning/lolling against/sky/whipped froth/expanding/endless/on a shallow/shore… photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1588878629315-Q0AS7C0FOY983KVW9J6Z/end_of_daffodil_grief.jpeg Blog - Lesson From My Mentor, Grief: Sitting With Discomfort While Embracing Beauty The daffodils' way of receding back into earth is in sharp contrast to the tulips flinging off petals. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1588878845697-0E9L3GALEE8YV6Q2R6G7/Dove_tree_beauty.jpg Blog - Lesson From My Mentor, Grief: Sitting With Discomfort While Embracing Beauty Dove Tree. The luminous bracts that cup the flower fluttered in the wind the day I met this luscious tree. I think if I stood there long enough, these winged angels would have lifted me off the ground and floated me far away, a thought that has wooed me some days. 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This was in Tintagel, England in May 2019 when I was on my spiritual sojourn, a “thresholding” journey I chose, which prepared me for this collective one we are on today. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1587076409073-NK78X54I98NW00I14T28/Unfurling_apple_dragon.jpeg Blog - Lessons From My Mentor, Grief: Crossing Thresholds, Honoring the Pause This apple blossom reminds me of dragons ready to take flight. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1587146858306-AXUW7POJ2J0MBAN0A5A3/Grief_what_I_miss_covid19.jpeg Blog - Lessons From My Mentor, Grief: Crossing Thresholds, Honoring the Pause Some mornings I look in on the pool. It seems still and lonely. I miss my morning swims. What do you miss? photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1587077067399-O7YS3FFQ9MDM2OM6CG96/Sister_trees_holding_grief.jpeg Blog - Lessons From My Mentor, Grief: Crossing Thresholds, Honoring the Pause Reconnecting with my “Sister Trees” is blessing that has come from returning to my morning walks. Is there anything you’ve become grateful for as a result of the pandemic? It is okay to say “no.” photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1587078076354-LOAM3XZRBLAM9DAY1LFC/Apple_blossoms_and_Grief_in_time_of_covid19.jpeg Blog - Lessons From My Mentor, Grief: Crossing Thresholds, Honoring the Pause From unfurled “dragons” to harbingers of late summer fruit, this apple tree is awakening to spring even as we are called to contract. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1587078804573-4F4RLX4UJ0AKS4JYDMSI/Threshold_closed_doors_grief.jpg Blog - Lessons From My Mentor, Grief: Crossing Thresholds, Honoring the Pause Doors forever closed. Thresholds forever crossed. Gorswlyd Retreat Center, Aberporth, Wales, May 2019. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1587145908851-H1MWRF1GC2SASLCLOXB9/In_the_midst_of_loss_beauty.jpeg Blog - Lessons From My Mentor, Grief: Crossing Thresholds, Honoring the Pause In the midst of loss, of all that is unfolding, ending with a spot of beauty feels appropriate. Especially as this tiny beauty seems to be smiling as it raises it face to the sun. photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2020/3/20/lessons-from-sea-stars-loss-resilience-hope-and-love-plus-a-free-offering monthly 0.5 2020-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1584728414533-DCIP7LAJTOFU2C08578S/Loss_Resilience_Hope_Love_Grief_Sea_stars.jpeg Blog - Lessons from Sea Stars: Loss, Resilience, Hope, and Love (Plus a Free Offering) Ochre sea star at low tide. Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon. March 2020. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1584728929101-LLTY1RJ4L9HI0MYAO2B4/tide_pools_cannon_beach_loss_resilience.JPG Blog - Lessons from Sea Stars: Loss, Resilience, Hope, and Love (Plus a Free Offering) Sea anemones at low tide. Cannon Beach, Oregon. March 2020. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1584729191641-5MO346CAMCH7B9Y7FA0Q/Western_Gull_Cannon_Beach_resilience_loss_grief.jpg Blog - Lessons from Sea Stars: Loss, Resilience, Hope, and Love (Plus a Free Offering) Western Gulls are in integral part of the Oregon Coast marine community. Cannon Beach, Oregon. March 2020. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1584730194212-QVFYOLM1EH6WMKPY04MM/Haystack_Rock_sunset_calm_amid_change_covid19.jpeg Blog - Lessons from Sea Stars: Loss, Resilience, Hope, and Love (Plus a Free Offering) Mother Ocean was calm, offering lullabies of love. Haystack Rock at sunset. March 2020. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1584730927708-ZXXH7ANAL86T0T1J2B4P/Mother_Ocean_love_hearts.jpeg Blog - Lessons from Sea Stars: Loss, Resilience, Hope, and Love (Plus a Free Offering) One of the many hearts offered on my walks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1584731071463-75HKIQ03DQTQEHIJB5B3/Pebbles_broken_shells_ocean_love_Haystack_rock.jpeg Blog - Lessons from Sea Stars: Loss, Resilience, Hope, and Love (Plus a Free Offering) Scattered shells, rocks, pebbles remain as the tide ebbs out. Treasures. Cannon Beach, Oregon. March 2020. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1584745476202-4A1UJ8Q9UATN1HKQUH13/Sand_Swirl_Heart_Mother_Ocean_Love.jpeg Blog - Lessons from Sea Stars: Loss, Resilience, Hope, and Love (Plus a Free Offering) Swirl sand heart. Cannon Beach, Oregon, March 2020. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1584731271178-1QH8OTGSJ1XARUYSG4V4/Mother_Ocean_love_hearts_broken_shells.jpg Blog - Lessons from Sea Stars: Loss, Resilience, Hope, and Love (Plus a Free Offering) Another heart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1584745605944-EA5TSO022DN8FMCYOFKD/Gull_community_Cannon_Beach.jpg Blog - Lessons from Sea Stars: Loss, Resilience, Hope, and Love (Plus a Free Offering) Morning “coffee klatch” of gulls. Cannon Beach, Oregon. March 2020. photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2020/2/21/griefs-dance-card-loss-reminders-and-compass-points monthly 0.5 2020-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1582326211952-MCPXPWWTNE3XGOJCKNRQ/Daffodils_grief_mothers_ashes.JPG Blog - Grief's Dance Card, Loss Reminders, and Compass Points Daffodils in bloom. Prince’s Street Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland, April 2019 where some of my mother’s ashes were left on my sojourn. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1582326765116-IEBNWVQE3PBTKX10399D/Sojourning_With_Grief_Preparation.JPG Blog - Grief's Dance Card, Loss Reminders, and Compass Points Last year’s preparation was very tangible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1582327398333-S7Q57U2JJO070Q31MZL3/Plane_wing_Sojourning_With_Grief.jpg Blog - Grief's Dance Card, Loss Reminders, and Compass Points En route to Scotland. Leg one of my tangible sojourn. April 2019. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1582327988168-9LJH0O088OT5I3S4IIYY/Writing_about_Grief_and_Lossjpeg Blog - Grief's Dance Card, Loss Reminders, and Compass Points My journal pages from prompts offered at a recent three day workshop. This first write was about my mother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1582328426687-FE9WXRMIL45PDLDEVMPC/Loss_reminder_gentle_waves.jpg Blog - Grief's Dance Card, Loss Reminders, and Compass Points Small waves at Cannon Beach, Oregon. Mother Ocean doesn’t always thrash us when we visit. Some days she is gentle. 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This was not the same beach I walked six weeks ago. Cannon Beach, Oregon. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1579735891474-NUB3A0QFKBCD80KUG5OV/Winter_coast_clouds_sunset_grief.jpeg Blog - Grief: On Keening, Honesty, Healing, and even a bit of Whimsy Unexpected calm after a stormy day as beauty unfolded like a quilt across the sky. 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Photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2020/1/8/winters-lessons-on-grief-expansiveness-and-transformation monthly 0.5 2020-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1578516566742-WY406XLNFXV53ROD0O7X/Winter_Grief.jpeg Blog - Winter's Lessons on Grief, Expansiveness, and Transformation On a winter stroll the small wonders are evident. Photos taken for this post are from Jenkins Estate in Beaverton, Oregon by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1578519625976-X2TP5JH3S1NMDINPN7JH/Grief_drops_on_evergreen.jpeg Blog - Winter's Lessons on Grief, Expansiveness, and Transformation “Holding with Tenderness.” photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1578519763208-A3NZPPEZHXVQFUA5RPN6/Golden_winterhazel_winter_grief.jpeg Blog - Winter's Lessons on Grief, Expansiveness, and Transformation Golden winterhazel roots laid bare with hints of new growth. 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Jenkins Estate, Beaverton, Oregon. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1574792502421-103I393TKT0D7SR5SGCL/Daffodils_grief_hope_in_dark.JPG Blog - Gestation, Grief, and Gratitude Daffodils in bloom in Edinburgh, Scotland during my sojourn, where I left a small portion of my mother’s ashes. Daffodils, a favorite of both my mother and I, to me represent the power of allowing time under ground for restoration and inner growth before returning to bloom in spring. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1574793577638-UDPTCDSXA9K17NN8DGHT/Breathe_Wonder.jpeg Blog - Gestation, Grief, and Gratitude What might your day look like if you took deeper breaths and allowed yourself to fall into wonder? To allow even small ideas to gestate? photo taken at the Portland Art Museum by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1574794666272-WT1RPU2IYMADPZBHV468/river_contemplation_wisdom.jpeg Blog - Gestation, Grief, and Gratitude Wallowa River, near Joseph, Oregon. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1574795522286-IA6ZFYC9GJ9EZAHV5ELK/living_in_gratitude_grateful.jpeg Blog - Gestation, Grief, and Gratitude https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2019/11/5/shattered-on-loss-grief-and-growth monthly 0.5 2019-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1573011453224-FFYP2GLX4R78VEX9AR1B/Shattered_Loss_Grief.jpg Blog - Shattered: On Loss, Grief, and Growth Shattered, this plate could never be restored to its original beauty. What happens to us when we are shattered? photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1573012034448-PZCNFYUFLZ38K2BTZ0PN/Love_Yourself_Portland_Art_Museum.jpeg Blog - Shattered: On Loss, Grief, and Growth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1573012136642-5M5XWLVV67IOT6K0ZI17/Forgive_Portland_Art_Museumjpeg Blog - Shattered: On Loss, Grief, and Growth Two images from a larger installation at the Portland Art Museum, “love yourself” and “forgive” that resonated with my experience of the shattering plate. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1573012638498-LV8UYB9MMQGLRMEIAG2O/Gift_from_shard_of_loss.jpeg Blog - Shattered: On Loss, Grief, and Growth Gift from the shard of loss. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1573013041117-1SF9UP3MDCLU8IDOL8BG/Grief_Heart_of_the-Matter.jpg Blog - Shattered: On Loss, Grief, and Growth Being shattered—it is about the heart. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1573013411592-B97O7VZWZ27D1ILJEYPJ/feet_entering_ocean.jpg Blog - Shattered: On Loss, Grief, and Growth My feet entering the wildness of Mother Ocean https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2019/9/19/sneaker-waves-opening-boxes-finding-grief monthly 0.5 2019-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1568918368173-RHS08Z2VH6I0VC01UC48/Waves_of_Grief.jpeg Blog - Sneaker Waves-Opening Boxes, Finding Grief Waves of Grief. Cannon Beach, Oregon, late summer 2019. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1568945387232-X33QTG32EH4BGW872CY4/Sorting_through_grief.jpeg Blog - Sneaker Waves-Opening Boxes, Finding Grief First of many boxes to be moved from storage as part of “Project-Empty Storage Unit.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1568946483780-7O6QZVXJW0H1Q7NIK8NQ/Old_Cards_Stirring_Grief.JPG Blog - Sneaker Waves-Opening Boxes, Finding Grief The discovery of a stash of cards from my wedding and early in my marriage and other special occasions stirred up several emotions, including sadness. Some included my father’s and grandparent’s handwriting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1568946919583-G5U8ZFNZBY182XOUJQDR/Menu_RMS_Mauretania_1952.jpeg Blog - Sneaker Waves-Opening Boxes, Finding Grief Menu from my parent’s Transatlantic voyage in 1952 on the R.M.S Mauretania when they immigrated from England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1568947674596-Y70VQX09OMW7XBS680SX/RMS_Mauretania_Menu_Cover_1952.JPG Blog - Sneaker Waves-Opening Boxes, Finding Grief Farewell dinner menu cover, 1952. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1568947971534-CNFHBJRASLOJMMLMI5CH/Ocean_singing_grief_songs_with_pebbles.jpeg Blog - Sneaker Waves-Opening Boxes, Finding Grief Songs of memories being created and re-created with each shift of the tide. Oceanside, Oregon. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1568949602128-Q7AY204RCXV62MGHQKHM/Debris_of_loss_left_at_low_tide.jpeg Blog - Sneaker Waves-Opening Boxes, Finding Grief What the tides leaves. Cannon Beach, Oregon. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1568953745724-B9Y03ZZI4VB0YIWZ6YCS/Modified_Chartres_Labyrinth_Grief_Workshop.jpg Blog - Sneaker Waves-Opening Boxes, Finding Grief My 22’ modified Modified Chartres Canvas Labyrinth inviting participants to walk with their grief and loss. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2019/9/6/abundance-milestones-and-loss-rounding-a-corner-on-the-journey monthly 0.5 2019-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1567804925257-AD28VISX92TLVOS66D18/farmers_market_abundance.JPG Blog - Abundance, Milestones, and Loss-Rounding a Corner on the Journey One sign of abundance at my local farmers’ market in late August. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1567805235371-6IXTE5TQ5CNOEXURI8LM/Kerr_canning_book.jpeg Blog - Abundance, Milestones, and Loss-Rounding a Corner on the Journey My mum’s canning book which has her notes in it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1567807292129-1GXX1GDUGA8RIFPPMLC8/Elk_Tomales_Bay_State_Park_Saying_yes.jpg Blog - Abundance, Milestones, and Loss-Rounding a Corner on the Journey Tomales Bay State Park, in California. Hiking and seeing elk up close. Early on in my “60th year adventure.” photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1567808344676-CUP5F3U9PV2MGVRA0277/Contemplation.jpg Blog - Abundance, Milestones, and Loss-Rounding a Corner on the Journey Contemplating at the Japanese Gardens in Portland, Oregon. photo by David Bardes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1567808904493-ZZGM4EAULT5WT7UZ1RZF/Late_summer_heart_in_loss.jpg Blog - Abundance, Milestones, and Loss-Rounding a Corner on the Journey As summer curls into autumn, my heart is ready to rest and draw inward. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1567809904098-DKA78NIRX75AFE727D3Z/Sunset_Hug_Point_Oregon.jpg Blog - Abundance, Milestones, and Loss-Rounding a Corner on the Journey Sunset on my birthday at Hug Point State Park, Oregon. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1567811234092-PR4PJXNA3FMOGB61FE03/Labyrinth_workshop_grief_and_loss.jpg Blog - Abundance, Milestones, and Loss-Rounding a Corner on the Journey My 22’ modified Modified Chartres Canvas Labyrinth inviting participants to walk with their grief and loss https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2019/8/16/sojourning-with-grief-between monthly 0.5 2019-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1565990894357-YMNM226O8DET0FSPA5EL/Sojourning_with-Grief_Between_bloom_and_seed.JPG Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Between Between bloom and seed as summer leans toward autumn, Queen Anne’s lace on the Crescent Beach Trail captured my mood on a recent trip to the beach. Ecola State Park. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1565991563010-G5JBFP1NQME6JO5Y283S/Sojourning_with_Grief_writing_and_labyrinth.JPG Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Between My writing raw on the page in my notebook with one of my labyrinths as a background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1565992077103-J7QHKFKSN1A1KXKP0WBB/Sojourning_with_Grief_Grief_Rites.jpeg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Between Speaking at Grief Rites Readers Series, August 5th, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1565993463568-RTY6PA11RXV33Y18UI01/Sojourning_with_Grief_Threshold_A_Choice.jpg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Between Thresholds invite the question-Will you cross over? Photo taken in Wales by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1565993882712-EIXN0U7ZJZ0LEHJ638CC/Sojourning_with_Grief-Fragile.JPG Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Between Fragile, like the life of this sea bird. 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Sometimes it is difficult to read my own writing! There are times I have to stop and just rest in what I wrote. And remember the beauty, the stories, the feelings that arose then and sit with the ones stirring now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1563317545766-1G7M8EKN19X3UGTJM3NW/Sojourning_with_Grief_Glasgow_Necropolis.JPG Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Portals, Stories, and the Slow Process of Unpacking Glasgow Necropolis where daffodils sway among the gravestones. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1563319170368-Z9MGSOAS2YW9ERBO73HS/Sojourning_with_Grief_Reflecting_Different_Selves.JPG Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Portals, Stories, and the Slow Process of Unpacking Old architecture reflected in new. A fitting metaphor for my sojourn. Glasgow, Scotland. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1563334464776-CKYJZ79XOI91PMWD3MZT/Life_Transitions_In_Nature.jpeg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Portals, Stories, and the Slow Process of Unpacking "Flowers flowing through transition.” Elk Rock Garden at Bishop Close, Portland Oregon. Photo by anne richardson. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2019/6/26/sojourning-with-grief-returning monthly 0.5 2019-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1561572005917-FR5BY1ZQU85OKP1FLZ3I/Sojourning_with_Grief_transitions.jpg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Returning Times of transition can feel distorting and disorienting. My final leg home was from the airport in Frankfurt, Germany. Photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1561572511414-MCSI4WV8UIUOOOAUF9W7/Sojourning_with_Grief_empty_or_full%3F.jpeg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Returning It took a few days to empty the suitcase, but there are still stacks of receipts, papers, and gifts scattered throughout my home. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1561572950559-DPHE53N43WQT704AAUBL/Sojourning_with_Grief_MtAngel_Labyrinth.jpg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Returning Walking a labyrinth helps me ground myself. That is one reason I chose Queen of Angels Monastery in Mt. Angel, Oregon for my retreat. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1561573805814-N9X9FKVFUMNR2M6SWKPC/Sojourning_with_Grief_Chartres_Catherdral.jpeg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Returning Chartres Cathedral in Chartres, France. A five day retreat/pilgrimage here was deeply impactful. photo by anne richardson. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2019/6/8/sojourning-with-grief-bringing-my-mother-home monthly 0.5 2019-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1559986855217-HHALWL521UD8IWWJVPNC/Sojouring_with_Grief_a_rose_for_my_mother.jpg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Bringing My Mother Home My mother loved roses. Photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1559988605815-AVLM9CINPB7RNQMGH1B1/Sojourning_with_Grief_Cousins.jpg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Bringing My Mother Home My mother’s cousins at site we scattered her cremains. Photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1559992508982-3HOHD43MJZFKPVQIOGPS/Sojourning_with_Grief_Mums_Green_Resting_Place.jpeg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Bringing My Mother Home Glass heart hidden among the forget-me-nots and scattering of cremains. Photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1559989370427-E4X3ENIREY78XU8IW1N7/Sojourning_with_Grief-Cousin_Connection.jpg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Bringing My Mother Home Somerset cousin connection firmly planted. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2019/5/27/sojourning-with-grief-ancient-wisdom-new-breath monthly 0.5 2019-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1558952499859-CPK6UTWG30ZGP8NQGBT6/Sojourning_with_Grief_Stonehenge_Rock_Face.jpg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Ancient Wisdom, New Breath Early admission to Stonehenge allowed us to walk among the stones. I first “met” the stones when I was thirteen and you could still touch them. It was a powerful experience to be among them again with my retreat friends and engage in sacred ritual. Photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1558953259535-VNV8UZID8FNSWY4OWEVW/Sojourning_with_Grief_Chalice_Well.jpeg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Ancient Wisdom, New Breath Chalice Well, Glastonbury, England. Photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1558959900179-8GTOGXC14Y7VEC97BCRX/Sojourning_with_Grief_Chalice_Well_garden.jpg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Ancient Wisdom, New Breath Early morning in the garden. Photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1558960402370-IHHHK1N13OMG7TSN8HY4/Sojourning_with_Grief_connecting_with_Sacred_Stones.JPG Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Ancient Wisdom, New Breath Connecting with Sacred Stones at Avebury Stone Circle. Photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1558961288991-BOAEXAJR577ZNWUFC1V0/Sojourning_with_Grief_Irish_Sea_Tintagel.JPG Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Ancient Wisdom, New Breath I was overlooking the Irish Sea once again, this time toward the island where legend says King Arthur is said to have been conceived. Photo by anne richardson. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2019/5/18/sojourning-with-grief-lessons-from-driving-on-the-left monthly 0.5 2019-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1558214385821-M2ZVWLBMIOWV8QRW9OQI/Sojourning_with_Grief-St_Giles_Church_Organ_Wrexam.jpg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Lessons from Driving on the Left Organ pipes at St Giles’ Parish Church, Wrexam, Wales. Photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1558214786257-34P93KZFU8SHIXIPDZ9I/Sojourning_with_Grief_Driving_Lessons.jpg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Lessons from Driving on the Left My rental for five days. I offered her abundant gratitude for hanging in there with me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1558215169553-NDT04T18WDPAIH87MMDO/Sojourning_with_Grief_on_the_Path.jpeg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Lessons from Driving on the Left Pathway up to Criccieth Castle, which offered views of the sea and a symphony of bird songs. Photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1558215433555-VQD2RX90LU8EB4NP4E6F/Sojourning_with_Grief_Wales_Coast_Path.jpg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Lessons from Driving on the Left I would love to return and walk at least part of the Wales Coast Path. It is how I become acquainted with the land. 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Photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1556810911608-ZSOYNN4VFF7MOU7BGXEN/Sojourning_with_grief_the_stony_path.jpg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Kindness on the Stony Path, C2C Part 1 Climbing up crags and down into valleys. The land is ancient and it speaks. When I am not too weary, I try to listen. photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1556811174259-NCZRR5U7O40SMLVMP2AC/Sojourning_with_Grief-diggin_deep.jpg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Kindness on the Stony Path, C2C Part 1 Reaching a resting point after a long climb. Not the top. And yes, we climbed up from that valley below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1556811593405-5UPBIOSDASMQ66HG8J7P/Sojourning_with_grief_fellow_walkers.jpeg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Kindness on the Stony Path, C2C Part 1 My companions. Kindness flows from each. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1556811783180-0EG51UT31Z8UPREKSPXC/Sojourning_with_grief_Sun_and_Rain.jpg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Kindness on the Stony Path, C2C Part 1 End of a rainy day 4, the sun appears. The Both/And of the journey in real time. Glenridding. photo by anne richardson https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2019/4/26/sojourning-with-grief-sometimes-even-grief-needs-a-rest monthly 0.5 2019-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1556287523097-YNW6KH55IYX1KPVHTUIR/Comminity_Grief_Lyra_McKee.JPG Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Sometimes Even Grief Needs a Rest Famous landmark, Free Derry monument, with new graffiti commemorating journalist Lyra McKee, killed April 18, 2019. My daughter reflecting on the words. Derry, N. Ireland. photo by anne richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1556288110151-ROG74XJ1UUWR8DRZYIPM/Peace_Bridge_Derry_N.Ireland.jpeg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Sometimes Even Grief Needs a Rest Crossing the Peace Bridge on a beautiful first day in Derry. Many famous people have walked across this bridge as well as everyday folk. It is a powerful symbol of healing. photo by Lauren Richardson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1556288791224-ETI2SXCD1UUIJW7VX2E7/Ballycastle_Ballintoy_coastline.jpeg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Sometimes Even Grief Needs a Rest Causeway Coast in N. Ireland. 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Glasgow city centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1555453954453-O1VO9M6P5G9R6PKSBKAL/Inner_Landscape_seen_from_30000_feet.JPG Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Arriving Home Inner landscape from 30,000 feet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1555454175880-499FPPIMBQ2966OM59ME/Glasgow_Necropolis.JPG Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Arriving Home Glasgow Necropolis, a gathering of gravestones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1555454584563-TIKAF5FGNDWXXSDAKWN6/Ancient_modern_reflections.jpg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Arriving Home Ancient architecture reflected in modern windows. Glasgow, Scotland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1555456072065-7V2BK5SU26YVLASTGC71/Cooper-Stained_Glass_Glasgow_Catherdral.jpeg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Arriving Home Cooper means barrel-maker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1555456224241-KUZRH8LJUSGIRBDCKLT5/Gravestones_Glasgow_Necropolis.jpg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Arriving Home Time erases the names on gravestones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1555456294016-RSNZPGF3HL3Y6ZL2EWIQ/Magpie.jpeg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Arriving Home A magpie who is comfortable make his home among the bones of the past. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2019/4/14/sojourning-with-grief-setting-off-on-the-path monthly 0.5 2019-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1555269341130-GZUEXV8TNXP47RNA6T26/Sojourning_with_Grief_setting_of_on_the_path.JPG Blog - Sojourning With Grief-Setting Off on the Path Portland International Airport. The journey begins. Photo courtesy of David Bardes. https://dbardes.zenfolio.com/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1555270679166-GTTH5E59OP2HWL846VGK/Sojourning_with_grief_meditation.jpg Blog - Sojourning With Grief-Setting Off on the Path My Sojourn With Grief meditation table. It grew over time. This was close to the end of my time at home and close to leaving for Scotland, my first stop. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2019/3/26/sojourning-with-grief-scars-tell-our-stories monthly 0.5 2019-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1553621632850-94P5TO5U9XY9ZPN15GSG/Ancient_trees_offer_wisdom_on+_the_grief_journey.jpeg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Scars Tell Our Stories Trees offer wisdom and solace even when fog envelops the inner landscape. photo by anne richardson, Baskett Slough Wildlife National Refuge, Willamette Valley Oregon, March, 25, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1553623174362-97A65GDI0XH0ILLPGUFB/Healing_takes_time.jpeg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-Scars Tell Our Stories “Greeter” during the Easter season at a skilled nursing facility I used to visit as a hospice chaplain. Healing takes time. 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North Oregon Coast. Photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1551815401319-J0QIZSVMJPYSJQQV107D/Map_United_Kingdom.jpg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-The Call to Go Home My sojourn home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1551816043217-CDXGKQWQ7SJGKQIER0DQ/Mom%27s_Cremains.JPG Blog - Sojourning with Grief-The Call to Go Home My mother’s cremains in two containers. One for this home. One for England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1551823038380-JRPVGF0Q88RWUWI1WGWN/Flowers_in_transition.jpeg Blog - Sojourning with Grief-The Call to Go Home https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2019/2/12/grief-unmoored-and-scattered monthly 0.5 2019-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1550021358403-DBUJ4GJMCP8B4RT5E7OR/Crocus_winters_bruise_loss_reminder.jpeg Blog - Grief-Unmoored and Scattered Purple crocuses bloom like a winter’s bruise. Photo by anne richardson. Elk Rock Garden at Bishops Close. Portland, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1550022358149-FVMSJPF88DL9JR887O5A/Unmoored_grief.jpeg Blog - Grief-Unmoored and Scattered Unmoored grief and stormy seas—both unsettling. photo by anne richardson. Indian Beach, Ecola State Park, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1550022995955-R4OMIVHI1R65QSGFXGZE/Daffodils__grief_journey.jpeg Blog - Grief-Unmoored and Scattered My mom loved daffodils. I didn’t realize how seeing a particular set of them on my walk would be an important part of my grieving as the first anniversary of her death approached. Old family photo. Dayton, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1550023335987-F0KSLEHRRIJB4UR8J75K/daffodils_grief_markers.jpeg Blog - Grief-Unmoored and Scattered “The” daffodils making their appearance, much to my relief. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2018/12/23/grief-in-the-winter-season-a-subtle-move-toward-light monthly 0.5 2019-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1545631507175-QHG0AXHPZRIHCITFYS39/Winter_Solstice_Moon_and_Grief.jpeg Blog - Grief in the Winter Season-A Subtle Move Toward Light Winter solstice 2018, a crowning, full moon. Lake Oswego, Oregon Photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1545631938369-HOBHCEJJR66JAJR5EWT4/Winter_Solstice_2018_Grief_Journey.jpeg Blog - Grief in the Winter Season-A Subtle Move Toward Light Winter solstice 2018. Lake Oswego, OR. Photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1545632405578-LVG53OAOCRF38CB7ER8V/Grandmother_grandchildren_last_Christmas.jpeg Blog - Grief in the Winter Season-A Subtle Move Toward Light My son, daughter, and Mom, Dec 25, 2017. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2018/12/7/grief-and-the-winter-solstice monthly 0.5 2018-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1544224440698-P1Z9Y8VPUAXL3B2Q1B9G/Meeting_Grief_in-the_Early+Dawn.jpeg Blog - Grief and the Winter Solstice Sun rising late in early December, two weeks before the solstice. Grief is a kind companion on my morning walks. photo by anne richardson. Lake Oswego, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1544226348963-W5YZS2183VIULX93X2JH/Crocus_winter_coming_through_loss.jpeg Blog - Grief and the Winter Solstice Crocus can be a metaphor of coming though the winter soil of loss. Photo by anne richardson. Elk Rock Gardens of the Bishop's Close. Lake Oswego, OR https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2018/11/6/belonging-on-the-labyrinth-path monthly 0.5 2018-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1541550115047-AS8GQ1A79T72F8ZTJ5BI/Chartres+Labyrinth+Walk+the+Vote+event Blog - Belonging on the Labyrinth Path Cerimon House’s “Walk The Vote” event in honor of the 2018 election. Photo credit: Paul Fardig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1541550704445-95QGH0NE1XQO7M1PXTTK/difficult_paths_life_journey_labyrinth.jpeg Blog - Belonging on the Labyrinth Path Dry, dusty, & difficult journey. Photo by anne richardson. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2018/10/5/seasons-reminders-of-grief-amp-loss monthly 0.5 2018-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1538775622528-JUW4CEWR411S8102ZT1A/End+of+Harvest-Grief+represented+in+sunflowers Blog - Seasons: Reminders of Grief & Loss Sunflower: from full-faced beauty, to heavy seeded, bent and ready to go back to earth. Photo by Anne Richardson 9-29-18, Yamhill, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1538857271648-IQOGFP30JSGRB4DUVOQX/fullsizeoutput_118f.jpeg Blog - Seasons: Reminders of Grief & Loss Prescription for Honoring Your Grief, created by Anne Richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1538776617943-1LKHA8V24ZOXZGRRVGD6/Dahlia+at+the+end+of+life.+Nature+is+accepting+of+the+rhythms+of+life+and+death.+Photo+by+Anne+Richardson%2C+Yamhill+Oregon Blog - Seasons: Reminders of Grief & Loss Season’s end dahlia alongside fresher blossoms. There is no discomfort in nature between endings, middles and ends. Photo by Anne Richardson, 9-29-18. Yamhill, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1538778256621-SZ714REMY37LGX8KISQV/Labyrinth%2C+Rosemary%2C+and+Candle+to+honor+grief Blog - Seasons: Reminders of Grief & Loss Candle & Rosemary for Remembrance https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2018/8/15/milestones-on-the-grief-journey monthly 0.5 2018-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1534390546422-DRJ2SQ7EKQV8AQNQJ66V/milesstones_in_grief.jpeg Blog - Milestones on the Grief Journey Markers on a grief journey may be less well known, like these rocks next to Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach, OR. Photo by anne richardson, July 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1534390920223-5O50P72BFVYJ2TD2GOJX/Mother_and_daughter_milestone_grief_remembrance.jpeg Blog - Milestones on the Grief Journey A life milestone-commemorating my graduations from seminary with my mom in 2003. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2018/7/13/allowing-grief-into-an-unhurried-heart monthly 0.5 2018-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1531540001419-LK0EOJUUMA3RHV4TATO6/fullsizeoutput_d71.jpeg Blog - Allowing Grief Into An Unhurried Heart "An Unhurried Heart." Elk Rock Garden, Portland Oregon. Photo by anne richardson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1531540189398-SQ0B4XOXK5URQ6D4IF6T/Remember_moms_as_children.jpeg Blog - Allowing Grief Into An Unhurried Heart Mom, age 3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1531540671890-CC1MQQZTIEW9LHXEOLC3/fullsizeoutput_12b0.jpeg Blog - Allowing Grief Into An Unhurried Heart The ongoing process of organizing piles of photos (and there are more!) Scanning many into the "infinite" cloud. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2018/2/13/sacred-witness monthly 0.5 2018-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1518570886387-BGKD2695OSDHEDRCOVY1/fullsizeoutput_d8a.jpeg Blog - Sacred Witness Elk Rock Garden, November 2017, taken by the author https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1518570403880-JKVEPYOTAZ9ZYS74S4YL/IMG_0445.JPG Blog - Sacred Witness Nature is messy too. Bainbridge Island, Oct 2017. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2018/2/8/tiptoeing-toward-death monthly 0.5 2018-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1518138280214-WCV3BMHE0D2UBT0KC7G3/IMG_0089.JPG Blog - Tiptoeing Toward Death Window at the Georgia O'Keeffe museum, Santa Fe, NM. Reminds me of "the veil" between worlds. Photo by the author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1518139406819-9S9OKMB0WN7IC43II70W/fullsizeoutput_9c3.jpeg Blog - Tiptoeing Toward Death Gnat Creek Trail, Oregon. Calm waters? Photo by the author. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2018/1/30/being-the-daughter-not-the-chaplain monthly 0.5 2018-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1517377274351-KVOIA9QWJJ3R7DIONYB6/Moon_00002.JPG Blog - Being the Daughter, Not the Chaplain Photo credit, Chris Cooper, January 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1517378091164-JSPAZFT605AL584XYVKN/fullsizeoutput_36c.jpeg Blog - Being the Daughter, Not the Chaplain Mom & I, Sept 2016. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2017/11/24/honoring-all-grief-and-loss-during-the-holidays monthly 0.5 2017-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1511575366061-PR8R52UMYVS8GYURBS7C/fullsizeoutput_bf0.jpeg Blog - Honoring All Grief and Loss During the Holidays Taking time in nature helps me when I am grieving. Elk Rock Garden, Portland Oregon 11/23/17. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1511575784000-5I0VCD05DJJIOUDI6CAR/IMG_0476.JPG Blog - Honoring All Grief and Loss During the Holidays Empty playgrounds can stir reminders of loss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1511577791888-4XJFBIX9NZUOYCF5VPUV/fullsizeoutput_42c.jpeg Blog - Honoring All Grief and Loss During the Holidays Mom and me, 12/31/16, entering into a new year. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2017/10/18/relationship-with-grief monthly 0.5 2017-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1508355024249-8YCNSXOZ50WV52EUIVXR/fullsizeoutput_170.jpeg Blog - In Relationship With Grief https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1508355837257-2UJ8ATNJPN9954WS73WM/fullsizeoutput_8e4.jpeg Blog - In Relationship With Grief Dad and I, 12/80, College Graduation. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2017/8/29/awareness-gs5mf monthly 0.5 2017-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1504048311318-UM1DK7A1CFK64ADSGSDU/IMG_0184.jpg Blog - Awareness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1504048187007-F0JUH4RKG64EMHQIYW0C/IMG_0168.JPG Blog - Awareness https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2017/7/24/surrender-trust monthly 0.5 2017-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1500939291965-CIVAKETZNOGC0HCLPMRW/IMG_0751.jpg Blog - Surrender & Trust A river surrenders to its flow trusting it will reach the ocean. Rio Grande River, New Mexico, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1500939573453-J6UN3EZZRDOWLHFDMI7Z/IMG_0323.jpg Blog - Surrender & Trust Walking a labyrinth can be one way to practice surrender and trust in a tactile way. Private labyrinth in NW Portland, July 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1500941123621-NJNJGW8D9UXUIYC4HS9C/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Surrender & Trust Labyrinth set up in preparation for March 2017 Journey Through Loss workshop. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2017/6/5/natures-gardening-lesson monthly 0.5 2017-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1496705758973-GQYDXDL2OHM9IXY36AYU/IMG_0912.JPG Blog - Nature's Gardening Lesson Peony-teaching me about the beauty of being open to the journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1496705640108-X7G6MA010TKFTF61TU6A/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Nature's Gardening Lesson Down the trail, soaking in lush greens at their finest. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2017/5/22/mothers-and-grandmothers monthly 0.5 2017-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1495513933356-IDUG6IKDK4O8IXA45EYT/BirthdayQueenOutdoors1.JPG Blog - Mothers and Grandmothers Mom, Audrey, on her 90th birthday, May 7th, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1495514158451-5G2HDZQN6RF273ZNB7RD/Nora+auto+lvls+580-29.jpg Blog - Mothers and Grandmothers Three year old me with Grandma and Granddad, CA 1962. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1495514385192-11DPMD57CH73MQ3HZJJT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Mothers and Grandmothers Nana (standing behind me,) her sister, my brother and father, Dayton, OR, mid 1960's https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1495514802700-F9IOOY27NNMU698Y866R/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Mothers and Grandmothers Audrey with her grandchildren and one granddaughter-in-law, May 2017. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2017/5/3/connections-disconnections-re-connections monthly 0.5 2017-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1493870911096-ZFW849DYXP0S3WDDCJBG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Connections, Disconnections, Re-connections North Oregon Coast, April 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1493871015383-77EJ0N02D4DZL41CMU6D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Connections, Disconnections, Re-connections Charred stump, Manzanita, Oregon April 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1493871408427-B5EB4SAINZZCYC0UOOS4/Aurey+portrait+orig+size+573-1.jpg Blog - Connections, Disconnections, Re-connections My mother, Audrey, age 17. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2017/4/23 monthly 0.5 2017-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1493006980398-QJGMB0MANGS6CM231QYP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Refilling the Well Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks, New Mexico, April 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1493007651421-4W73TK4M7Z9BEMDQM55K/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Refilling the Well Southern CA, 1961 with my Mom https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2017/3/20/love-after-love monthly 0.5 2017-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1490074391360-TYLKBMUEYEUC34VJ1QBN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Love After Love Daphne wafting through the neighborhood at the pivot point between winter and spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1490074726205-EC7PUK6N6WSDBGLVSHER/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Love After Love Poet Derek Walcott, January 23, 1930 – March 17, 2017 https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2017/2/20/m9zzc7tmgrocmi89lz3766tclykjuq monthly 0.5 2017-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1487642113478-8EZIL1MD9BQAU5JCBQSS/Screen+Shot+2017-02-20+at+5.53.17+PM.jpg Blog - A Deep Dive Into Beliefs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1487642638623-5PWQIES43KLVE2WT1IBV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Deep Dive Into Beliefs https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2017/2/13/happiness-is-hard-work monthly 0.5 2017-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1487046060364-C2UY2500G2PCZV7ABNK6/DSCN0182.jpg Blog - Happiness is Hard Work Neighborhood hydrangea--noticing the beauty of nature contributes to my happiness. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2017/1/23/listening-to-my-own-story-owning-my-own-prejudices monthly 0.5 2017-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1485231059311-M1DG5VQOE0QI081SEV79/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Listening to My Own Story, Owning My Own Prejudices Women's March on Washington, Portland OR, 1/21/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1485230023764-SKT5SAAEP1ZH710ZA55N/Screen+Shot+2017-01-23+at+7.14.19+PM.jpg Blog - Listening to My Own Story, Owning My Own Prejudices Women's March on Washington, Portland OR, 1/21/17 https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2017/1/8/a-freshness-lives-deep-in-me monthly 0.5 2017-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1483934509994-W7640TSERQ5P9FL5XODM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Freshness Lives Deep In Me Examples of two collages I have done in recent years-water, trees, bears, spirals, and of course women, appear in many of my collages. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2017/1/2/fierce-freedom monthly 0.5 2017-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1483407786434-UPK8D6354V4OJ8KWDV51/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fierce Freedom Trinity Episcopal Church, NW Portland, OR. New Years Eve labyrinth walk, 12/31/16 https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2016/12/18/swimming-with-grief monthly 0.5 2016-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1482123312707-BOI183N0KIH39ETD59GZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Swimming with Grief Most likely Santa Barbara, CA, circa 1962. My father, mother, brother, maternal grandparents and three-year old self https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2016/12/11/a-bland-vs-creative-life monthly 0.5 2016-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1481517355055-KHBP73Q6AQDEWZNQAULB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Bland vs Creative Life Allow the paint to chip off the door. Instead, open the door and explore deep inside. https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2016/11/28/23414hji7tnhhz9j3znl1k5yri2n89 monthly 0.5 2016-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1480905145887-5HJ9GX7T14JJ6R5B9S8B/DSCN0369.JPG Blog - Freedom From Fear Historic Balch Hotel, Dufur OR. Look carefully. There is a bee buzzing amidst the flowers https://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2016/11/8/what-makes-your-heart-sing monthly 0.5 2016-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1478628639468-X1C887ONVMSAJ17JBZI9/DSCN0344.JPG Blog - What Makes Your Heart Sing? Mt Hood, taken from Dufur, OR while on a Portland Women Writer retreat. Great opportunity to generate new poems and refine old ones. 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Hosted by Jana DeCristofaro and produced by Dougy Center, Grief Out Loud is opening up this often avoided conversation because grief is hard enough without having to go through it alone.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/9988e3fe-0b4d-4b79-adc3-48727a305f92/Image+4-28-23+at+2.30+PM.jpeg Resources - Make it stand out Inviting the Conversation & Asher Wallis offer Grief resources and deep wisdom for the life journey and for those pondering the end-of-life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/8d64ed1e-147f-4c40-9071-2ff6f8fc13b2/IMG_4210.jpeg Resources - Make it stand out Coffee, Grief & Gratitude is a podcast hosted by the founders of the monthly reading series “Coffee Talk” (info can be found at Coffee and Grief Community on Facebook or contact me.) This podcast and Coffee Talk are both Grief heart balm at its best. 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AND Touchstone Retreats that inspire transformation through art & story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1505182068515-8Z3OS33NPYR9D1929IVD/stories_matter.jpg Resources Story Corps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1505182098143-JV5WSEN2BQ788YDPG7QW/northwest+narrative+medicine+collaborative+logo.png Resources Northwest Narrative Medicine Collaborative https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/75139eb0-d389-4901-b057-036546d1b162/Image+9-7-23+at+11.37+AM.jpeg Resources - Make it stand out Corporeal Writing: “Corporeal as in writing by and through the body. Corporeal because your body has a point of view in life. Corporeality = all of our knowing comes from our bodies. And stories come out of you differently if you write from there. Readers experience them differently if you write from there. The world might be different, if we write from there. Open to writers in any form, artists of any kind, and health, body, mind and spirit care professionals. Or anyone who wants to explore the realm of the creative.” https://nurtureyourjourney.net/labyrinth-facilitator daily 0.75 2021-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1462758762548-JC6HJ32QTT62NC3BKYUE/image-asset.jpeg Labyrinth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1541133056648-9WTNS9FOY72FZAQXO212/labyrinth-14.JPG Labyrinth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1541132935388-0TF0O0YWZQ2VY52B06WG/fullsizeoutput_1684.jpeg Labyrinth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1536711318800-FZHZRK83BMKOUWG0ZR1X/Veriditas-International-Association-VIA-Member.png Labyrinth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1536728547255-J3GERHNMIZ17XBDH67ZK/Anne-Richardsons-Chartres-Labyrinth.jpg Labyrinth - … Anne has a 22’ modified canvas Chartres labyrinth. When she has workshop space available to lay out the labyrinth, participants are invited to walk as part of their workshop experience. She also has small finger labyrinths for use during workshops or during spiritual direction/companionship sessions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1536725900537-J0ZU578RZ2XV76AE4BYU/labyrinth-15.jpg Labyrinth - Anne's 22' modified Chartres canvas labyrinth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1541131949934-TG06ZTF4NXGPO6ZOJV3D/fullsizeoutput_1684.jpeg Labyrinth - Lewis & Clark College experiential workshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1541131957489-M7EUV5C4QINGVMMRKLNF/fullsizeoutput_1683.jpeg Labyrinth - Lewis & Clark College experiential workshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1541131881831-ZIQO4EOFZOL0Y9HEK5KF/DSC00447.JPG Labyrinth - Walkers on the labyrinth path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1536725807252-1FFX5B70A6LGSNGE13DD/labyrinth-7.jpeg Labyrinth - Hidden Beauty of Grief retreat set-up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1536725614840-NQW7EXBZ6W1QKZPIHF5W/labyrinth-1.JPG Labyrinth - Walking the path. Considering grief. The Labyrinth Path: Writing and Walking with Grief & Loss is the most popular workshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1541391045296-3Y2G0Q532WNPU2Q6QAP1/labyrinth-5.jpeg Labyrinth - Rosemary for Remembrance. Use of herbs and other tactile means can help participants on their journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1536725605423-O3TZD9SZMP30J2XV008F/labyrinth-2.jpeg Labyrinth - Word stones & hearts. A basket of hearts, stones, some with words inscribed, and words cards are available at the entrance for walkers to use if desired. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1536725667166-I6O9GDFJAFF5DZL45X83/labyrinth-6.jpeg Labyrinth - The labyrinth. A one-way, circuitous path that leads to the center and is followed back out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1536725637363-ODRKM9PTG4U6RHHSYP9Y/labyrinth-3.jpeg Labyrinth - Invited to present at Sunshine Daisy Retreat in 2018. Sunshine Daisy supports cancer survivors. Please check it out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1536725622724-FO8L7L8HBV4JV4POC864/labyrinth-4.jpeg Labyrinth - Labyrinth presentation and open walk at the Fort Vancouver Public Library. Examples finger labyrinths available for participants. Not everyone can or wants to walk. Finger labyrinths are a nice option. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1536725851590-6KRAKYSECICNR2Q7XXEK/labyrinth-11.JPG Labyrinth - Gathered at the center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1536725892548-47T5BX8EZTMALX38U3LN/labyrinth-12.JPG Labyrinth - Centered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1536725890100-86J88YNL8I737E7QZ7BF/labyrinth-13.JPG Labyrinth - Honoring Grief During the Holidays workshop. Participants filled glass containers with rocks and a paperwhite bulb to represent hope for the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1536725902628-3RA8GH48LBC0FG8T2PWX/labyrinth-14.JPG Labyrinth - Welcome Simply an invitation. Step onto the path when you are ready. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1541131894829-BV3LO8RKVMMBT177D3RY/fullsizeoutput_167c.jpeg Labyrinth - The center. Take as long as needed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1541131968689-IDPAK6ORG4J6CJ0W9SU0/fullsizeoutput_1685.jpeg Labyrinth - On the path Invitation to fall into a natural rhythm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1541132000457-DVK69QXDE90GP0AS62CK/IMG_0725.JPG Labyrinth - The view looking up from the center. Lewis & Clark College experiential workshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1541457330334-B3LI312RFLAEETOTVO7Y/fullsizeoutput_e4c.jpeg Labyrinth - Creating an inviting space. Most events have flowers and a candle at the entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1541457446703-2AOII51X6X2VZP14LIAC/IMG_0279.JPG Labyrinth - Workshops Set Up Working with grief & loss and through life transitions can be exhausting. Taking time for tea and snack break is an important part of workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1541457496685-P0U5EZVG3K2ME7E6PSHK/IMG_0178.JPG Labyrinth - Preparation: heading out the door. Careful packing helps set up go smoothly. It doesn’t look as well put together at the end! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1541457550603-7GF4TS5CEOARJGC02LAV/IMG_2146.JPG Labyrinth - Promoting my work at the Harvest Festival Historic Columbian Cemetery had their first Harvest Festival with a mock green burial. It was a beautiful October day to celebrate the benefits of green burial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1541457696406-9AY6TK2CWMDUM6F0KRW0/fullsizeoutput_ed1.jpeg Labyrinth - Labyrinth Presentation and open walk at the Fort Vancouver Public Library. Collaborating with the library staff to produce handouts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fb0857d51cd416dc3c77ab/1541457740836-BHQMHY1Z94H0YDSYP85J/fullsizeoutput_ed3.jpeg Labyrinth - Labyrinth Presentation and open walk at the Fort Vancouver Public Library. To prepare for the event, the library had patrons make labyrinths or labyrinth-like forms on their 3D printer. 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