tapestry

Over the weekend I watched “What’s Love Got to Do With It”, the story of Ike and Tina Turner. And after some discussions with a colleague of mine about women and relapse my mind can’t seem to move from this topic. I was moved at the end of the movie when Tina was talking with her new agent( after she finally kicked her addiction to the curb), and she was talking about what she didn’t want to do with her music anymore. It made me stop and think about relapse, and even the experience I had the other day that a really frosty glass of Chardonnay (more…)

My morning ritual here in the mountains in Pagosa Springs is very much a part of how the rest of my day goes. In the winter time my first thing after the first cup of coffee is poured is to get the fire started for the day. And of course you are asking what does this have to do with being on a road to recovery. On a day like today when the temperatures are at about 17 degrees and another major storm is moving our direction it is the way I stay warm. (more…)

The last time I sat at the computer I was watching the snow fall and drift around me. There was a certain cocooning that I was able to do as a result of the storm. Out at Tapestry Lodge where I live we had almost 6 feet of snow (more…)