Celebrating Michelle!
JANUARY 26, 2009
Four of my dear neighborhood friends gathered with me today to celebrate Michelle, who is one half of the garden design team that orchestrated our front yard meadow...
We started the day with homemade _churos_ and _chocolaté _and sweet tangerines...
and then made our way out to the labyrinth, so Michelle could light a candle for all wishes of the heart along her path for this coming new year...
We started the day with homemade _churos_ and _chocolaté _and sweet tangerines...
and then made our way out to the labyrinth, so Michelle could light a candle for all wishes of the heart along her path for this coming new year...
we walked together in celebration of Michelle...
and then sped off to South-East San Francisco to Flora Grubb (that is truly the owner's name!) Gardens...
I must tell you...
I felt as if we had stepped into another world with plants so exotic,
I felt as if we had stepped into another world with plants so exotic,
colors so rich,
beneath a sky so blue...
that you forgot completely that at this time of the year...
it is supposed to be raining cats and dogs...
it is supposed to be raining cats and dogs...
our shadows stretched...
as did our imaginations... taking eco-conscious powered cars to a whole new dimension...
opening magical doors...
where walls are living...
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Labyrinths provide us with a path to practice change. Some labyrinths have withstood the passage of time for thousands of years. Others are here for just an afternoon, drawn in the sand at the edge of the ocean. Many modern labyrinths were meant to last for years, but because of unforeseen circumstances their time is shorter than intended. And they once again help us to practice letting go and giving thanks for the time they are with us. The Labyrinth of Life at the Sebastopol, California Teen Center reached such place of letting go and is at the end of one chapter and the beginning of another chapter that is yet unknown.

Sometimes... a labyrinth can take years to become a physical reality. In 2018 I met with my friend Deb, to discuss her desire to have a labyrinth on the beautiful land she lives on. Despite our plans and several meetings, listening to the land and finding the right spot, the labyrinth did not come to fruition. Fast-forward five years and in the blink of an eye... it happened!