I work with crystals. Crystals and tuning forks. I give crystals to clients with Dear Universe Intention Sprays depending on the chakra inspiration of the spray. Higher Love, the Intention Spray for the crown chakra, is accompanied by an amethyst (a very high healing violet/purple crystal). And if I can order from a vendor directly, one that I have come to know, I will do so. But for the amethyst order, I have yet to make that connection. So it’s a bit of a gamble, a bit of a blind order....

Last night, I was giving a later Reiki session. A home visit in Manhattan on a higher floor in a building I’ve known for years. The sun set as the session progressed and the whole city softened. So very lovely. And then, just as I was using my Tingsha bells to signal and close the session, a siren, followed by another and another, burst through all of that softness. All of that stillness. My client, smiled dreamily, chuckled and said “it was soooo quiet.” And I said, “until it wasn’t.” I’ve...

Well almost. And I’ve been quiet. I took a dip, a dive - oh, I won’t gussy it up - a deep and despairing descent immediately and fully toward the end of January of this year. But after all was said and done. Oh wait, not done. Not all said. But just beginning. I am not a spring chicken so I remember when things began to shift way back when. When I was eligible for a credit card, when I could buy something big all on my own. When Obama was elected President. When being unkind and dismissive...