One learns first of all in beach living the art of shedding; how little one can get along with, not how much.

Only when one is connected to one's own core is one connected to others, I am beginning to discover. And, for me, the core, the inner spring, can best be refound through solitude.

Flowers always have it - poise, completion, fulfillment, perfection . . .

I want to be pure in heart -- but I like to wear my purple dress.

Purposeful giving is not as apt to deplete one's resources; it belongs to that natural order of giving that seems to renew itself even in the act of depletion.

the issue of war or peace is an issue that concerns not only experts on Foreign Affairs but every citizen of the United States.

Go for a short walk in a soft rain - lovely - so many wild flowers startling me through the woods and a lawn sprinkled with dandelions, like a night with stars. And through it all the sound of soft rain like the sound of innumerable earthworms stirring in the ground.