The Soulistry Blog

I will never forget the conversation. "You are so lucky to be a Canadian and living in Canada. We are terrified of what will happen with our country if Obama doesn't get into the White House." The fear expressed at the time was palpable.  I could feel it! That was...

aches and painscan become realitynot always easydeathcan become reality not always easygrieving personal lossescan become realitynot always easysaddened by losses of others who have lost family/friends/homes/employment/relationshipsnot always easypoliticsbecomes...

January 20, 2025 is Inauguration Day in the United States. It is also Martin Luther King Jr. Day.It is not a co-incidence that the two are happening on the same day this year.While it is true that what is coming is darkness,it is also true, as Martin Luther King Jr...

May there be blessingsmore than can be askedor imaginedforall things are possible. © june maffin

Are the kids / grandkids getting mischievous? restless? can't wait for Santa? How about having them make some Dot Mandala tags? They're easy and fun to make - look great on gifts, the Christmas trees and as a Jewish friend told me - on her Hanukkah bush. :-)Here's how...

Somewhere this moment,there is a wee one, uttering a prayer forTwo-Legged creatures she sees on her travels. "O Creator-Of-Us-All,I pray for the Two-Legged creatureswho foolishly ignore the signs that are all around.Signs which, if they aren't acted upon,will result...

The United States - it's not very "united" these days. But then again, other countries are experiencing great division - families are experiencing fractured relationships - friendships are in jeopardy. There is a lot of darkness in the world - not just in the United...

Have you ever started to create a new dish for supperonly to realize it wasn't going to be salvageable unless you did some "thinking out of the box"? Have you ever created a greeting card or a painting or a sketch or some jewellery or ... and discovered it was a...

Time to process what has just happened in the United States ... and really, what has happened that will affect the world. So, I took a little walk around the yard, enjoying Mother Nature breathing in life, ruach, praying, healing. The mushrooms that keep popping up in...

This night, on the eve of the election in the United States,tensions are high. anxiety is higherfear is higher.Mail-in ballots are being readied to be counted.People are making plans to get to the polls in the morning.Foreign countries may have infiltrated the voting...

I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen them.November 2nd and there they were ... four strawberries in the strawberry planter on my deck, this morning! We've already had our first snowfall yet, they survived the snow and the cold and the rain and there's another...

This time of the year in many parts of the world, it is or soon will be Winter Weather At the same time, Political Winter weather is happening. The nights are dark and bring fear and political haranguing permeates social media. Hope is disguised, hidden, not-evident...

Emails and social media posts from American friends who shared feelings of helplessness, isolation, and fear,lacking strength to face the next "drop of the shoe" haven't stopped since this time four years ago.. So what has changed? What has changed is - it's gotten...

It's Thanksgiving weekend in Canada - Happy Thanksgiving!  And for many,  the "How do we give thanks" question arises. Especially, *how* do we give thanks... when there is unemployment or illness in our family?... when there are senseless deaths caused by terrorists,...

A kaleidoscopic tumbling of emotions pierces conversations, thoughts and social media as words are spoken, written, texted and issues of racism, colonialism, fear and hatred surface.  While we know that words can wound ... we sometimes forget that words can also...

I was in awe when this exquisite flower first opened its petals. Awe filled my heart even more as raindrops fellleaving their mark on the exquisite petals...  tenderly embracing......... gently blessing............. its fragile petals. When raindrops of sorrow touch...

On this 23rd anniversary of 9-11, the world remembers.We remember the fear, the terror, the bravery, the sacrifice, the horror of it all.The world specifically remembers ... the First Responders who died. The world remembers ... those who struggle with ill health...

Do you remember - when you surprised yourself by singing ... creating ...  laughing out loud ... dancing a few steps in an unexpected time/location?  - when the contrast of sky and trees ... night and day ... sunrise and sunset - brought a sense of wonder that  filled...

Trigger Moments - they come; they go; they can ambush without consent. Trigger Moments bring us back to a time and place with a loved one who has died or who is dying ... who has dementia and whose mind is dying ... who is missing and not yet found ... a much-loved...