Our Sleep is Not as Deep By William Martin From The Sage’s Tao te Ching We are traveling more lightly now And our sleep is not as deep As in our youth. Restless thoughts stir the curtains By the window of our mind. It brings a blessed gift Of extra time set aside for [...]
Poem of the Month ~ January 2012 With Love, for John O’Donohue (1 Jan 1956 – 4 Jan 2008), Trickster, Lover, Poet, Sage This poem evokes quiet wonderment in me and reminds me of something O’Donohue said, with a lilting voice and a mischievous twinkle in his eye: “Mind your mind now, and steady yourself, [...]
Kairos Network Blog: Stories and Essays on Death and Dying from Healthcare Professionals has picked up the story posted on Virtual Teahouse two years ago called: Douglas Firs Were Our Sanctuary. This edition is slightly edited and the collages were not able to be included. But the Andreya’s story (“A”) continues to ripple out into [...]
I am honored that the story of my 94 year old grandmother Verna’s near death experience is included in this compilation. Available through Amazon on Kindle and in paperback. Click on the picture for a direct Amazon link. You can also read my story on Finding Ground site: Closer Than Our Own Skin If you’d like [...]
Poem of the Month ~ August 2011 There’s an old adage and it goes like this: You can be right or you can be happy. Indeed! Amichai’s poem inspired me to create, “The Little Mole Club.” Credo: Undermining Certainties; Radiating Happiness. Now Open! New members being accepted every single day! The price of admission: All [...]
Guest post from Elizabeth Stauder. Liz lives in Central Oregon, but even as a young adult, she knows that her home is the world. She has just returned from living for eight months in Guatemala. During the time she was gone, her beloved friend Penny, a beautiful Golden Retriever, who had come into Liz’s life as a puppy on [...]
My dear friend Linda Johnson is on a month long work tour in Ethiopia with the Reach Another Foundation*. Linda is an RN and an administrator. She has applied and been accepted for the Peace Corps, but is awaiting deployment later in 2011 or early 2012. We are posting her journal entries, several at a time for [...]
Dear friends of Virtual Teahouse, One of the first posts made to the VTH back in February or March of 2007 was in the forums section and was about a near-death experience of my maternal Grandmother. Because Wordpress doesn’t have forums, I wanted to post this story because while it is personally very powerful, it is even more [...]
Six week online audio course on The Teachings of our Ancestors to Light our Way Forward Starting Thursday Feb. 10th through March 17th, 2011, listen to these wise, passionate women, The 13 Indigenous Grandmothers teach about what it will take to change our hearts. Summary about Curriculum While the Grandmothers have every intention of teaching on the [...]
Back in June 2008 I posted this piece called ‘Nothing left to lose’. While talking with a companion (Finding Ground) I was telling them about this dream, looked up the post and saw that it would be a good one to update and repost. So, that’s exactly what I’m gonna do. Updates to the original post are obvious from [...]
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