Through most of history, the lighthouse has served as a symbol of the beacon that brings us safely back to shore. Landed, grounded, home. Nowadays we're seeking calmer shores in many areas of life and there are a multitude of signs and symbols to help lead the way. Home has taken on new meaning as well. A word that used to mean four walls and a white picket fence has evolved to include any space to which we lend our presence. Our bodies, our place on the planet, the roots o

I turned the key. Nothing. No spark. No sound. No response. Again. Nothing. Yet again. Nothing. My mind flashed forward through a series of more (and less) complicated possibilities: A bad battery connection? A loose wire? Something complicated and costly and beyond my realm of troubleshooting and repair? At the beginning of the season (and the end of a long, cold winter) on a vessel that is just a few years younger than I am, this is not completely unexpected. But the ot

The feeling was palpable, visceral. While it had only lasted a few seconds, even in my dream state, I had experienced it. From what I can recall, I hadn’t asked for it, longed for it, or even called it in. Not knowingly, at least. Not in that first instance, at least. Not in ways that I have attempted to revisit it again since that strikingly clear moment. Perhaps, though, that is why it came to me that night: so clearly and attentively focused on my new role as mother of two

Listen. Your body will tell you. That nagging feeling, that tension in your gut or shoulder or jaw, that pain in your heel or twitch in your eye. It’s all information indicating a misalignment of energies. You have the opportunity to catch that misalignment now, ahead of physical symptoms, if you pay close attention to their message. I had plenty of clues leading up to my first significant injury. I was stuck on my path, living in a place I didn’t like, working in a cap

MAKING THE MOST OF THE NUMEROLOGICAL ENERGETICS OF YOUR ADDRESS Every home is uniquely different. It’s been said that home is where the heart is, but have you every stopped to consider exactly what that means? A home can represent so many different things because we are all uniquely different. For many of us our home is a personal sanctuary that nurtures our soul, and gives us respite from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. For others, it’s place of raising children, or

Snow flurries filled the air on the last day of October, the view of the surrounding hills beyond the valley unobstructed with the leaves already having fallen to the forest floor. This was our first day in our home. The Starling Hotel. That’s the first name we gave our old farm house when, as our second winter turned to spring, the starlings returned from their long journey south right back to these very same eaves. With some help from the elements through decades of changin

Set a piece of Amber, big or small, in the light, and you'll start to feel the warm and fuzzies that come with this light-bearing stone. Amber is the perfect stone to include in your home because it is the energetic equivalent of "keeping the home fires burning". This naturally fossilized botanic resin is a mixture of hydrocarbons. Unlike other crystals and stones formed beneath the Earth's surface, "Amber is first created by the synthesis of light by plants and trees. As it