🚪 What's Behind Door #2?

This story flowed out of my fingers a few days ago in one sitting. That certainly doesn't happen every time. I sat at the table after eating lunch, still wearing the clothes I wear on my late morning walk with Ernest (which lately have a yummy mix of rain water,

🌀 it's gone: losing the familiar

Last week I started playing with another two part-er – or as I'm starting to call them – two part(i)ers. Last week was part 1 and here we have part 2!Peek back at part 1, if you wish. In the corner of the world in which I live it

✨ Stick Around For This Unfolding Vision

Maybe you've poked around here for a bit. Maybe this is your first time here. Whether you've stopped by here before or not, you may be wondering what Be With Cassandra is all about. This small portal on the Internet is unfolding into and becoming: a place to reinvigorate your

⭕ pen for a Venn Diagram Retrospective

A few weeks ago I brought you a 2 part-er (OG, original, posts in which I split them into a Part 1 and Part 2). Maybe I'll start calling them 2 partiers? As I flowed with writing this sharing today, I sensed this would make for a sweet 2 part(

"Spit out the sour taste of unmet expectation"

🌬️ Over Zoom one time maybe about a year ago, a friend said our conversation was reminding him of a poem he knew. As I was walking with Ernest the other day, the poem floated back into my mind and heart, meeting an inner need of mine in that moment.  I

Spontaneous Interview?

But not really an interview. More like a deluge of question marbles rolling around in my mind. Maybe you'd like to stop one with the toe of a shoe, pick it up and let it roll around in your mind for awhile. Want to share your responses to one or

🕸️ Softening Taut Tendrils

Last week I started playing with something new – a two part-er. Last week was part 1 and here we have part 2!Peek back at part 1, if you wish. Touching the shadowed and weeping walls of the caves, immediately I sense grief, loss, change. I slow down to step

🐌 Lingering and Unteathered

I'm playing with something new - a two part-er. This week = Part 1, next week = Part 2. Let's dive in... I still have goodbye cards and picture magnets to give to the young children I was teaching when the pandemic arrived in our corner of the world. I designed and

🏘️ What's Your Community Threshold?

Want to get a glimpse into something I've been noodling over for awhile? Read on when you have a moment to sink in... I talked with a lot of people about leaving Facebook before I left it. You might very well be one of the people! I thought and wrote