Dear friends💜, I am sending you a warm hug from Iowa:) The spring equinox has passed and suddenly there is more light than dark. I don't know about you, but anxiety often rises in me during spring. I can't quite pinpoint its root, but it seems to be linked with all of the growing energy building and swirling around me. Shoots of grass, daffodils, buds on the trees, little leaves on the lilac bush, birds singing loudly... combined with the surge of pollen that reminds me that I have asthma....
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Dear friends💜, I hope this letter finds you safe and warm. So much change, division, unrest, hate and misunderstanding abound, and when I get overwhelmed with life, I simply have to rest. John O'Donohue, one of my favorite authors, says something along the lines of when you have been running at too fast a pace, you must rest to let your soul catch up with your body. I have to remember that often because I tend to sprint one day and crash the next. My heart is full of so many emotions these...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Hi friends💜, I am deeply thankful for your support in this world of unrest and division. Today I wanted to make sure you are the first to see my album cover and invite you to my album release concert! I am so excited (and slightly terrified) to release my debut album and its powerful message of self-worth. To truly claim our worthiness and power we must go deep inside where it is dark to find our inner light. When it seemed like literally everything around me was crumbling, this was all I...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Dear friends💜, I am sending love and a warm hug to you:) January has always been a cold and difficult month for me here in Iowa, but what gets me through is the returning of the light. The clouds of December melt away into frigid clear skies with gorgeous sunrises (that I'm awake for:) and sweeping sunsets that slowly creep later and later. Last week, we had a few unusually warm days. I took a walk and lifted my face to the sun, felt the ever so gentle warmth and let the white light seer into...
4 months ago • 3 min read
Mary Jane's Musings Monthly inspiration and updates! Dear friends💜, What a privilege to share this note with you on the first day of 2025. I am sending love and blessings to you for the days, weeks, and year ahead. This December was dark and cold in Iowa. We were blessed all year with long stretches of sunshine, but December was cloudy almost every day. This month I was able to slow down, rest, and light copious amounts of candles. Maybe this holiday season is filled with grief for you, or...
5 months ago • 2 min read
Mary Jane's Musings Monthly inspiration and updates! Hi friends💜, I hope this finds you stuffed with Thanksgiving leftovers and cozy and warm:) I am so thankful for many things and am especially thankful for you. As the days get shorter and the temperature plummets, I have been particularly aware of the mystery of dusk: this descent into darkness we experience every day. It feels like dusk lasts longer now, maybe because the sun is already low in the sky or maybe because time feels slower...
6 months ago • 3 min read
Mary Jane's Musings Monthly inspiration and updates! Hi friends💜, If you live in a land of seasons, maybe right now you are surrounded by oranges, yellows, and reds swirling around in the wind like I am. I don't know about you, but all that swirling seems to stir up my anxiety in the fall. I think it is due to the conflicting forces of diminishing light and death combined with the gorgeous temporal beauty of colors and the innate human hustle to prepare for winter and get things done (and...
7 months ago • 4 min read
Mary Jane Knight Mary Jane's Musings Monthly inspiration and updates! Hi friends💜, With the massive storms that have ransacked the southeast, I hope this finds you safe and well. In my meditations, I try to wrap the tragedies of the world in love and keep them close enough to remember my massive privilege and the responsibility that privilege requires of me. This morning, know that I am sending love and protection to you wherever you are. What a whirlwind of a month it has been for me. How...
8 months ago • 4 min read
Mary Jane Knight Mary Jane's Musings Monthly inspiration and updates! Hi friends💜! As a dear friend reminded me, love always wins over fear! So in the midst of this chaos of life, this month I have been intentionally trying to connect to that love every day and send it to you! And invariably, when I connect to that intense feeling of love, the ache rises. Often in different places in my body and in different ways in my heart. It has taken many years for me to learn to sit with it, however...
9 months ago • 5 min read