Curious as in both questioning and just a little odd. I am both. 

Pilgrim as in adventurer, explorer, seeker. Minus the bonnet. And apron. If a pilgrim is a person (40-something triple a-type, neurotic, perfectionist, working mom) who journeys to a sacred place (Starbucks, the bathtub, Machu Picchu, the fridge, Capri, …) for religious reasons (sanity, inner peace, freedom, self-improvement, to get the hell out of dodge) than I am one!

My personal pilgrimage is to find whatever feeds my spirit. 

I am on a continual quest for inspiration, insight and whatever intuitively feels spot on! I look at everything from books and tele-courses to wake-up festivals and retreats. But, usually I find the most transformative bits in my own life – the craziness, the mess-ups, and the drama. It all has an unfailing way it has of pointing out what really matters. Micro–Illumination Mondays capture pieces of this.

I seek out humor, because, well, it is funny. But as important, when life gets dark, it is one of the very best ways I know of tunneling out. So, WTF Wednesdays offer a good dose of sarcasm, irony and thinly masked insecurity. I mean absolutely no offense to anyone! I make fun of myself and life’s mayhem  but it is all done, truly, with an underlying love and acceptance.

I love to be challenged. Anything that makes me think. For which there is no easy answer. Wherein the spectrum of possibilities and perspectives offers the freedom to wonder, to wander. I love any idea that invites me to meander. That opens up the world. Makes it feel less congested and rigid. It is like an intellectual breath of fresh air. Food for thought Fridays throws out observations or questions that favor adventure over the treadmill of to do.

It is a mishmash to be sure but the intent is always the same. We live in such a fast-paced, productivity-oriented, accomplishment-driven world; we need an occasional time-out. We need to find magic in the margins.