Licia’s Blog
Learning How to Walk
“He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.” Friedrich Nietzsche Like most babies, I learned how to walk the first time by the age of 11 months. I crawled successfully at 8...
“To Thine Own Self Be True”
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."~Dr.Seuss I am of the mind that I am the one who has to live with myself, regardless of whatever anyone else thinks or has to...
The Beauty of the Largest Alpine Valley in the World
We are back in Colorado after our almost 6 month journey to find our new location; we have been here for a couple of weeks, getting settled in and focusing on healing. In a little while, we will start packing up and making our arrangements to get back to California....
Carrying as a Feminine Principle
To Carry-to take, to bear, to hold, to bring, to lug, to transmit, to transport, to convey, to transfer, to move, to pass on, to conduct, to relay, to contain, to include, to involve, to store, to supply, to keep (from the English Thesaurus) As a result of my injury,...
Ode to My Ankle
About two weeks ago, the sun shone through after several days of rain. The soft sea air buoyed us as we left the RV for a bike ride, the first in several days. The boys and I had been stir crazy with the weather, and the RV gets tight in the best of times. Our bike...
A Reminder
"First, the greater portion of our energy must be directed toward cohering the newly emerging butterfly organism, as the caterpillar seems to be doing just fine in deconstructing itself. Secondly, if we are going to have a look at the darkness, the most helpful thing...
A Larger Logic
I remember it so clearly....when I was 8 months pregnant with my first baby, I thought I surely could not get any bigger. But it was not time yet, so I waited. When I was 9 months pregnant with Jess, I thought I would pop and pondered how this watermelon-sized kid...
Flexible but Grounded
I was realizing that I have not written a straight family-whereabouts-update in ages, so for those of you who might be a little weary of my philosophizing, this is for you! We are in Pismo Beach, California and enjoying the most spectacular warm, sunny days and...
Hoka Hey, Ruby
Well, my last biological grandparent has left this earth and become one with the All That Is. I wish she had realized that while she was living! Ruby died this morning around 3:00 a.m. mountain time in Tucson. It was not an easy death...my Aunt Wendy has willingly...
We the People
The family and I watched the inauguration with excitement this morning. 8:30 a.m. on the Pacific coast. Jess said as we woke him up, "It feels like Christmas!" I had to agree...the anticipation and exhilaration of this day feels like all goodness to me....