Every once in a while, a seemingly incomprehensible array of life experiences come together to serve you in the moment. I’ve been experiencing such a moment since the election, with birch...
Early this morning, my 90-year-old mother texted me and said, “What’s the plan today?” I thought she was referring to it being election day. Like every other American I know (and...
We walked single file through the dense, dripping jungle of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Our family’s two local guides seemed to have night vision lenses implanted in their eyeballs as...
Yes, they really are that blue. The feet, I mean. Of the boobies. Of the blue-footed boobies (Sula nebouxii), anyway, not to be confused with the red-footed boobies (S. sula) or the Nazca...
Photos: Martha Brettschneider / Damselwings Photography Playful. Curious. Chill. These are the words you'll hear over and over again when people describe their Galapagos sea lion...
Photo: Martha Brettschneider / Damselwings Photography For the first time since I can remember (perhaps maybe ever), I don’t feel like I need a vacation to recover from my family vacation....
https://youtu.be/-jrIl81VwmE Best viewed full screen on a computer or tablet. When was the last time you surrendered to joy like you used to do as a child? Most of us lose this connection...
Photo: © Theo Bosboom/NPL/Minden Pictures in The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle 2024 Calendar produced by Amber Lotus® Before I dive in here, let me underscore that I did not take the...
Photo by Aida L on Unsplash As part of my personal and professional infrastructure reboot over the past year in the run-up to my 60th birthday this April, I have been working to identify...
Photo credit for all images in this post: Martha Brettschneider/Damselwings Photography The courage of a river to continue beliefIn the slow fall of ground,Always falling fartherToward the...
Photo: Martha Brettschneider/Damselwings Photography When was the last time you had a laugh-out-loud ah ha moment? This week the Universe finally got me to read its "Flow" memo, and I did,...
Photo credits for all images in this article: Martha Brettschneider / Damselwings Photography Standing on the coast of the Baja Peninsula of Mexico, I soaked in the power of the waves...