Be a Heart Blog

(me in my natural habitat) Things have been a bit quiet over here on the blog front (in no way a reflection of life slowing down!) I left New York four months ago now and I really believed that since I was doing so well there, I wouldn’t have any problem with a move. Unfortunately […]

Yesterday was the first day of Advent. I remembered a talk that I heard a couple of years ago so I dug out my old notebook. It helps me each year to prepare for Christmas. He said that advent is a time to focus on our being–on our true essence, on the essential. I have […]

It was such a privilege to design the Water Council Dinner to raise money for DigDeep and their Navajo Water Project. The event was held at the Los Angeles Athletic Club last Saturday and we raised a good chunk of money to help brining clean, running water to homes on the Reservation in New Mexico. I loved getting […]

My friend gave me a book last year for my birthday (it will be my birthday again in 3 days. yikes!) and I had it on my bookshelf here in LA. She pulled it out last night while we were cooking dinner and read this poem to me. How had I not noticed the title […]

When I began practicing calligraphy, I struggled to find a concise source of the tools that I needed. I spent so much money on the wrong tools that now just take up space on my desk. At first I started with those calligraphy pens with the square tip, but couldn’t get my writing to look […]

My brother came to visit me in New York in July. It was the first time in years that we got to spend so much time together and we were getting excited because we had plans to move to Los Angeles together in the next month. So many changes and excitement ahead of us. Eventually […]