The Soulistry Blog

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...

Three questions ...Let's have some fun together.  Question number 1:"What is knowledge?"Question number 2:"What is wisdom?"Question number 3:"What is philosophy?"Did you come up with some great answers?Here are my responsesand no, they're not "deep" answers,but they...

Gratitude today for the gentle reflected image of boatsbringingStillness of water… peaceStillness of mind… peaceStillness of body… peaceStillness of soul… peaceMay it be so as the reality of what happened at a presidential rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024 is...

  · in the midst of tearslight raindrops on flower petalsreveal beautysomething about whichone can be gratefulif soin the midst of personal tearswhat are you grateful for todayif soin the midst of political tearswhat can we be grateful for todayif soin the wider...

Have a look through the peekhole ... what is on the other side, if the head of the ultra-conservative very radical-sounding Heritage Foundation and architect of Project 2025, Kevin Roberts, has his way, is devastating. He stated: "We are in the process of the second...

took a drive down a road not travelledand discovereda chair by the river that called and spoke come - sit - restgaze - ponder - exhale worryquestion - dream - writesketch - inhale peace - feelbelieve - be - that chair - a blessingthose surrounding trees - a...

The first time I heard someone look at something I had created and say "June, you are an artist," I was taken aback. An artist? No, not me. I can't draw or paint or do calligraphy or sculpt or quilt or ... I just play. And then it dawned on me ... just as beauty is in...

Yom Hashoah begins this night at sundown.  It is a time for Jews and all of the world to pay respect to those who perished in the Holocaust under Nazi rule - millions of people: gypsies, gays, clergy, ordinary citizens, Jewish people, many of whom had no idea they had...

I saw children shooting hoops,a crocus, snowbells, daffodils,an art gallery on ZOOM,dishes that needed to be washed,a mom with a smile, pushing her little one in a stroller,a cashier wearing a mask,weeds growing in the yard,colour on leaves, on cars, on clothing, in...

It's not a good day for many in the world. And especially not for those in Ukraine. Two years ago today, Russia invaded Ukraine.And on this, the second anniversary of that terrible event, tangling in colour helps distract me from the sterile black/white images in my...