This website is a project I began thinking about in January, 2008. I'm a healthy, working woman in her late 40's with all the markings of a happy human being. I have a partner I cherish, beloved family members, many very good friends, and I live in a beautiful place where I get to be out in the woods and do many of the things I love dearly on a regular basis.

      Yet, like everyone else I know (who will admit it!) there is that underlying sense of "something missing," bouts of depression and just general unhappiness at times.  I am always looking for information - I was a reporter for years and have a master's degree in Science Journalism, and I guess that's why. I want to find the "answer" for things. Of course, there is often no single answer or even what we may call a "good" reason for what we experience or feel.

      Mindfulness has helped me a great deal in navigating these waters, but I want more. That's where the website comes in. I am hopeful we will build a thriving on-line community where we can support one another in our quest for peace - at least, that's how I see it. A quest for peace within and without.