Premature Outlook
Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson I find myself thinking summer will be over any day until I look out the window and see few remarkable elemental differences. Unlike in my previous states of…
Knots and Stitches
"Your heart and my heart are very old friends." ~ Hafiz She's the salt of the earth, I've often thought as I've spent time over the course of my life with my childhood neighbor, Marge. It's been many a year…
Baltimore Literary Experience
A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life. ~ Author Norman Cousins For an author, what better way to spend a birthday weekend than exploring Baltimore's treasured Peabody Library at Johns…
Into the Studio: Final Reflections
"Waters Reflection, moonbeams and sparkling rivers challenge an artist to capture an ever changing light. "~ Mary Magenta "This is where it all started," Mary Magenta said, "with one single calendar I made as a gift using magic markers." She proceeded…
Artful Living
Welcome back to blog #2 about an artist in New Freedom, PA. Because of her unbounded exuberance for describing her life as an artist, it was a challenge to interview and keep up with recording "exactly out of her mouth…
Subject of A Four Letter Word
The book you don’t read won’t help. –Jim Rohn Who remembers the milkman? I do! But, I've never yet met a milkman's daughter ... that is, until now! Evidently she's read my book Gift of a Lifetime: Finding Fulfilling Things in the…
An Appointment with Providence
June 18, 2018, by Sue Batton Leonard It was a providential day! Lower humidity and pleasant temperatures seemed to have been heaven sent after the heat spell that's been present in Towson, Maryland. The sun filtered through the beautiful canopy…
Changing Face of Aging
"Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength." ~ Betty Friedan Remember when grandmothers were downright frumpy, dowdy and matronly? In previous generations, once men and women reached the age of retirement they passively laid…
Karma’s Influence
Have you ever heard the expression "Karma never loses an address?" Today on SowtheHeart.com I'm going to share a short story relating to one of life's little theories "what goes around comes around." This morning I was misdirected by Google Maps…
The Bittersweet Heart
"To let go in the deepest recesses of the heart, to release all struggle and wanting; leads us to that knowing which is timeless." ~ Jack Kornfield This past Memorial Day weekend was a bittersweet journey of the heart. Although…