Have you had a Pinwheel Encounter lately?

This photo of this beautiful pinwheel comes from my friend, June. From time to time, she has shared this picture with me and told me she is thinking of me or some story I’ve told, or reminiscing about the day she found the pinwheel, or contemplating the meaning of the pinwheel as a symbol. That’s what pinwheels can [...]

Are You A Pinwheel In Motion? How Much Do You Have Going On?

This pinwheel has a lot going on! Look at her spin! Eight mini-pinwheels all in sync spinning furiously in the wind. Isn’t she dazzling, colorful, and glitzy sparkling in the sun in a vibrant sky of blue!
But wait…let’s hope all this spinning is not actually representative of dizzying lifelessness. Sometimes we can take on too [...]

Giant Pinwheels in the Sky: Metaphors for Life

Windmills, to me, are like giant pinwheels in the sky. They come in all sorts of shapes and varieties. They are in all sorts of conditions. Some are new and shiny while others are old, rusty, in disrepair, and in need of missing parts. Some have no wheel at all — the wheel long gone [...]

Your inner voice envelops you in colors only you recognize. Look, listen and feel. Then act.

Mexican Pinwheels: Symbol of Happiness

I recently had the great pleasure and honor to meet a professional pinwheel maker. 
I have never met a pinwheel maker before. Have you?
Lorenzo has been making pinwheels by hand for the last 34 years, along with his pa, in the coastal city of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. He sells the pinwheels, along with balloons, from a [...]

Pink Roses, St. Therese and a Giant Pinwheel in the Sky

I found out today on my birthday that yesterday, October 1, was the Feast of St. Therese. It is also her birthday.  Though I’m not Catholic, I consider St. Therese to be one of my patron saints.
She had tuberculosis as a young woman and died of it at age 24 — she was a highly [...]

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