Ghost of a Templar Knight?

My husband and I recently spent three wonderful weeks traveling around Portugal. We’d never had the country on our travel bucket list, and after our visit, I am already eager to return. It’s a beautiful country, full of good food and wine, friendly people, and fascinating old churches, castles and the like to tour. Because […]

Ghostly Activity During a Remodel?

Though I grew up in a haunted house, I don’t live in one now, although odd things happen periodically in our 1905 home. Over time, I’ve come to think of the physical world as some kind of bus or train station; visitors from elsewhere pop in, but they haven’t come to stay permanently, they are […]

It’s Just Anxiety: Medicine’s Answer For What Was Ailing Me

Before getting into this post, I want to say that it is long. It is hard to be brief in describing what was going on with my health a few years ago, and the story is hard for me to tell in a linear fashion. There are competing factors at play and each could be […]

Hell’s Marathon, Part 2: Sleepless in Scandinavia

In the first post I wrote about the beginning of my health nightmare, I had just started vacation in Scandinavia. We spent a fun day in Copenhagen eating and drinking, taking a boat tour and wandering around the city. I took a short nap while we were on the boat and struggled to stay awake […]

Hell’s Marathon: a brief history of the start of an endurance challenge I didn’t sign up for

In mid-October 2018, I got up one morning and went for a brief run, two miles. It exhausted me. Still, I took a shower, got ready for work, ate breakfast. I went upstairs to brush my teeth, and upon entering the bathroom, eyed the plush blue rug in front of the sink. I lay down […]

It’s Not a Magic Trick: Bending Utensils with Chios Energy

I am not at anything close to an expert level in working with healing energy. I do have curiosity and an interest in exploring this invisible, yet often effective healing tool. I’ve talked about Reiki in a couple of other posts, but it is just one of three energy “frequencies” (for lack of a better […]

Dipping My Toes In

In my post, Introduction to Energy Work, I described a unique and meaningful experience with Reiki. It took a long time before I decided to learn more about it. I still had fears about being “weird” and thought that only a few very special people had the ability to work with energy, and that I […]