Vibrant Nation

my bio

Age 54

Nearing crone-able age (56+) and happy to be here. Grandmother of 2; non-profit administrator; fire-keeper; blogger and poet

my VN interview

• How did you get to where you are now?

  One step at a time.  Sometimes the steps are a dance, sometimes a trudge, sometimes a trip and fall.  Never turn back, and now realize that it's impossible to actually get off one's path--it's all part, it all belongs.

• How do you see yourself differently now than you did 10 years ago?

  Oh, my.

  I was still fliriting with youth at that time.  I have crossed the threshold and find that the initiation process is so incredibly beautiful--there's nothing to even look back for. 

• Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

  Ever more wise, ever more kind, ever more truthful, ever more ready to laugh.

a postcard to my younger self

Play it, baby.  No need to worry aobut future consequences...they come, they go, they leave their mark.  So play it all out, no stones left unturned.  And then, I'll be here to smoke a cigar with you and drink some great wine and laugh with you about the absurdity of it all. 

my role models

Eleanor Roosevelt

Terry Tempest Williams

Maya Angelou

My maternal grandmother, Verna

countless women who have mentored, guided, put the fear of God and Goddess in me

Golda Meier