Unfolding Myths

Buddha Tea This morning I woke softly with gentle wisps from a dream circling my head. Not that the dream itself was soft or gentle. S...

Spending the past month traveling [on the road, pilgrimage, walkabout, however one names it], I've been fortunate enough to make a co...

Today is the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving: the most-traveled weekend and one of the most family-oriented holidays. Something about giving...

All Souls Night by Loreena McKennitt All Souls Day . The Day of the Dead . Another day to remember and honor our dead. Another day to r...

I recall hearing the phrase carpe diem from early childhood. My father and uncles had been in the armed forces. It was phrase they live...

John O'Donohue is one of those master teachers akin to Buddha, Confucius and Gandhi. In simple, gracious terms, he describes the day-...

I love this image I found online because it is a Beltaine gathering and dance. My favorite part of it is the Beltaine fire ~ in the shape...

Five mornings a week through every season of the year, my drive to work takes me directly into the sunrise. [The rest of the year, it...

©2014 Mary-Lynne Monroe "I stood willingly and gladly in the characters of everything ~ other people, trees, clouds. And this...

We had our first snow of the year today. In my particular neighborhood, not much to it. Yet the streets are ice-covered skating rinks for...

Wow! It's been a long time since I've written in this blog. September was a wild ride month. Anyone else experience that? Lots of...

Christmas night was dark and beautiful. There was a crystal glow around the moon. As I focused my camera and zoomed on it, I held my brea...

©2014 ML Monroe As darkness fell on the night of the full moon, the sky overhead abounded with clouds. Pulling up to the library, I ...

"If you want a meaning in your life, find a meaning and bring it into your life, but life won't give you a meaning. Meaning...

ML Monroe ~ 2013 "You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for...

At work the other day, I asked one of my co-workers about his toddler. He responded that he was worried about the child. As the conversat...

From Ecclesiastes 3:1-2a,4b: "To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born...

"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art ...

This is one of those uncredited or anonymous quotes that free floats on Facebook and Pinterest. It's also one of my current favorit...

As March ended and April was about to begin, I drew three cards from the Wisdom of the Hidden Realms deck by Colette Baron-Reid. I focus...