One of my most beloved hobbies is taking care of plants, and I have nearly twenty of them growing in our house. Although flowering plants are my favorite, I have nurtured a few trees, including a Nordic pine (Charlie Brown Christmas tree) and two different palm trees. One of the palms is twenty years old, and I bought it when it was only a few inches high. Today, it reaches the ceiling of our home and is roughly a foot…..

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My husband and I are huge superhero fans and have seen nearly all of the DC and Marvel Comics releases in the past three years. We came late to the Guardians of the Galaxy party and missed the theater debuts of both films. We did, however, purchase both via Amazon fire and actually watched the sequel before we saw the original movie. We were so impressed by the raw humor of the extraterrestrial misfits, the stunning special effects and amazing…..

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Yesterday was National Winnie-the-Pooh Day. As a child, I can remember watching the Wonderful World of Disney, but the Muppets and Snoopy and the Peanuts gang were my characters of choice. My love of all things Disney didn’t take off until I began teaching animation majors at the Art Institute in 2004. Since I wished to make my lectures more meaningful to the students sitting in my classroom, I decided to try to get inside their heads in order to…..

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The season of miracles is upon us, so it seemed appropriate for me to address the miracle of imagination and the power of the present moment in remembering the past and dreaming about the future. When I was organizing the chapters for my book, Mirror of the Soul: A Flutist’s Reflections, I decided to devote the first five chapters to the roles of Jesus and the final two chapters to the manner in which ‘70’s and ‘80’s pop culture reflects…..

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Fifteen years ago this month, I became a Reiki master. I was initially drawn to this healing modality in 1998 after the death of my calico cat, Cosette. My vet had given me no allopathic options for a very aggressive form of mammary cancer, and my sense of hopelessness led me to investigate alternate forms of healing. Reiki seemed a perfect fit for me because hands-on healing had been instrumental in my two-year-old sister’s restoration to perfect health after a…..

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In the infinity of life where I am, all is perfect, whole and complete, and yet life is ever changing. There is no beginning and no end, only a constant cycling and recycling of experiences.

                                                                       Louise Hay

I begin my latest blog with a quote by the great metaphysical teacher Louise Hay, who made her transition to the Other Side yesterday. I first read this quote years ago in her book, You Can Heal Your Life, which I…..

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Yesterday my parents hosted an engagement party for my fiancé and me at my sister’s home. My mom outdid herself with all the party planning and especially the baking. I was not the least bit surprised because her parties were always the envy of our small neighborhood in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Baking has always been therapeutic for her – nut roll, dozens of different kinds of cookies, cakes and homemade candy. Our house abounded with catering trays of goodies for every…..

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Valentine’s Day seems like the perfect time to reflect on matters of the heart. I have always followed my heart in regard to my career path and my relationships with others. As a Reiki master and musician with a strong interest in sound healing, I have spent much time studying the human energy field, especially the heart center. In Mirror of the Soul, I discuss the healing power of the hands and frequencies that scientists are using to repair human…..

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I was a girl scout for ten years. This time of year was really big for us scouts because it was the cookie season. I was never any kind of salesman, but those cookies sold themselves. Thin mints are still my favorite! At every girl scout function, we would recite the Pledge of Allegiance and the girl scout promise: “On my honor, I will try to serve God, my country and mankind, and to live by the girl scout law.”…..

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The miracle of the present moment is that it brilliantly provides an opportunity for reflecting on the past or imagining the future. Timing is everything. The concept of time has fascinated me for many years. For a musician, time and timing are essential factors in performing in an ensemble, but for as much as one focuses on rhythm, meter and the underlying pulse, time is suspended when the performers are so perfectly synchronized with the music that nothing else in…..

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