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      • Meaning and Beliefs Beneath
      • The Power of Combining Words and Images
    • 24 Kaleidoscope Lenses
    • Kaleidoscope Featured Excerpts
      • Featured Excerpts 1 – 12
        • February 2017: Perspective
        • March 2017: Resilience
        • April 2017: Trust
        • May 2017: Creativity
        • June 2017: Awe
        • July 2017: Connection
        • August 2017: Humility
        • September 2017: Kindness
        • October 2017: Flow
        • November 2017: Gratitude
        • December 2017: Presence
        • January 2018: Awareness
      • Featured Excerpts 13 – 24
        • February 2018: Empathy
        • March 2018: Compassion
        • April 2018: Courage
        • May 2018: Patience
        • June 2018: Acceptance
        • July 2018: Openness
        • August 2018: Congruence
        • September 2018: Harmony
        • October 2018: Hope
        • November 2018: Simplicity
        • December 2018: Vision
        • January 2019: Wisdom
  • Grounded Light
    • Healing Stones
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      • Celestial Rays (Sun)
      • Music of the Spheres (Planets)
      • Infinite BlessSings (Stars)
      • More Healing Stones Designs
    • Music, Miracles, Mystery
      • February 2019
        • Bridges
        • We Form a Link
        • Epiphany*
        • LIfe…Great Mystery
      • March 2019
        • Beyond Comprehension
        • The Infinite and the Finite
        • Ground and Light
        • Five Energies of the Physical Universe
      • April 2019
        • Re-Awakening to the Earth as Alive
        • Visible and Invisible Worlds
        • Walk in Beauty
        • It's About Time
      • May 2019
        • The Day the Road Came
        • Illusion and Reality
        • …receivexpressreceivexpress…*
        • My Stars! *
        • Wabi-Sabi Beauty
      • June 2019
        • Synchronicity
        • Gifts That Go On Beyond Planning
        • Creatures Great and Small
        • Enchanting Entanglement
      • July 2019
        • Light and Consciousness
        • A Nuclear Choice
        • Gifts of Radical Trust
        • Waves of Light
        • Going Vertical
      • August 2019
        • Blessed Stillpoint
        • The Miracle of Play
        • High Play
        • Mastering Numbers
      • September 2019
        • Measure of the Earth
        • Shapes of Harmony
        • Shapes of Harmony Amplified
        • The Seed of Life
      • October 2019
        • Shapes of Harmony Themes
        • The Farmers' Dilemma
        • Shapes of Harmony Return
        • Can You Hear The Trees Speaking?
        • Who Owns What?
      • November 2019
        • Grandma's Quiet Brilliance
        • Arctic or Tropic?
        • Death and Birth
        • Gratitude
      • December 2019
        • I Am Music
        • Harmonious Random Patterns
        • The Power of Our Songs
        • Radiate
      • January 2020
        • Grace
        • Fabric of Community
        • Stories Connect Us
    • Fire and Ice
      • Fire and Ice Introduction
      • February 2020
        • Three Stories of Our Time
        • The Great Turning
        • What a Friend Our Breath Is!
        • We Are The Bells
        • Stillness
      • March 2020
        • Hear The Story Woman
        • Bridge People
        • In This Time/Terrifying and Beautiful/A Vow
        • Scale, Perspective, and Context
      • April 2020
        • The Importance of Noticing Beauty
        • Spiritual Principles of Wabi-Sabi Beauty
        • un•prec•e•dent•ed
        • This Moment of Choice
        • Slowing Down With Our Children
      • May 2020
        • Shadow and Light
        • Look Out! and Look Out
        • Keeping Quiet
        • A Prophesy From 12 Centuries Ago
      • June 2020
        • The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
        • Ancient Medicine for Our Time
        • Lost
        • "Hope (in a Time of Hopelessness)"
      • July 2020
        • And Yet Still There’s Hope
        • Holding Up The Sun
        • Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned
        • To Open or Not to Open? Is That Really the Question?
        • Pandemics Then and Now
      • August 2020
        • Our Fragile World
        • Patience Can Be Messy!
        • Life’s Global and Personal Waves
        • Birth Day Remembering
      • September 2020
        • Ripples Into The Present and Future
        • Wisdom Weavers of the World
        • A Buddhist Response to Coronavirus
        • No Hiding Place
  • Fine Art Photography
    • Urban Nature Fine Art Prints
    • Photo Galleries
      • Local Galleries
        • The Night Kitchen
        • Through My Office Window
        • Reflected Elegance
        • Dragonflies, Butterflies, and Moths
        • Water Birds
        • Our Global Local Market
        • They're Just Weeds, Right?
        • A Date With a Monarch
        • A Heron Takes Flight
        • Abstract Water Images
        • The Creek
      • Global Galleries
        • Mothers, Babies, and Food
        • Yogis Praying Next to Children Playing
        • An Afternoon in Africa
        • People We Met That Day
        • Hidden in a Coconut Grove
        • A Day in Maasai Land
        • Fabric of Community
        • An Extreme Airport
        • A Sailing Safari
        • Seven Hours By Taxi
        • Harvest and Ceremony
        • A DR Saturday
        • On The Path of Life
        • Damascus to Aleppo
    • Wabi-Sabi Desktops
    • About The Photos
  • A Kaleidoscope of Haiku
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    • Urban Nature Fine Art Prints
    • Wabi-Sabi Desktops
    • StoneCircles (Earth)
    • Celestial Rays (Sun)
    • Music of the Spheres (Planets)
    • Infinite BlessSings (Stars)
    • More Healing Stones Designs
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    • Barbara's Global Walkabout
    • 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award
    • The Goddess
    • Running and Not Running
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  • Welcome!
  • Kaleidoscope Lenses
    • About Kaleidoscope Lenses
      • Kaleidoscope Lenses Vision and Purpose
      • Objectives and Outcomes
      • Tools for Learning and Leadership
      • Design Principles and Structure
      • Meaning and Beliefs Beneath
      • The Power of Combining Words and Images
    • 24 Kaleidoscope Lenses
    • Kaleidoscope Featured Excerpts
      • Featured Excerpts 1 – 12
        • February 2017: Perspective
        • March 2017: Resilience
        • April 2017: Trust
        • May 2017: Creativity
        • June 2017: Awe
        • July 2017: Connection
        • August 2017: Humility
        • September 2017: Kindness
        • October 2017: Flow
        • November 2017: Gratitude
        • December 2017: Presence
        • January 2018: Awareness
      • Featured Excerpts 13 – 24
        • February 2018: Empathy
        • March 2018: Compassion
        • April 2018: Courage
        • May 2018: Patience
        • June 2018: Acceptance
        • July 2018: Openness
        • August 2018: Congruence
        • September 2018: Harmony
        • October 2018: Hope
        • November 2018: Simplicity
        • December 2018: Vision
        • January 2019: Wisdom
  • Grounded Light
    • Healing Stones
      • StoneCircles (Earth)
      • Celestial Rays (Sun)
      • Music of the Spheres (Planets)
      • Infinite BlessSings (Stars)
      • More Healing Stones Designs
    • Music, Miracles, Mystery
      • February 2019
        • Bridges
        • We Form a Link
        • Epiphany*
        • LIfe…Great Mystery
      • March 2019
        • Beyond Comprehension
        • The Infinite and the Finite
        • Ground and Light
        • Five Energies of the Physical Universe
      • April 2019
        • Re-Awakening to the Earth as Alive
        • Visible and Invisible Worlds
        • Walk in Beauty
        • It's About Time
      • May 2019
        • The Day the Road Came
        • Illusion and Reality
        • …receivexpressreceivexpress…*
        • My Stars! *
        • Wabi-Sabi Beauty
      • June 2019
        • Synchronicity
        • Gifts That Go On Beyond Planning
        • Creatures Great and Small
        • Enchanting Entanglement
      • July 2019
        • Light and Consciousness
        • A Nuclear Choice
        • Gifts of Radical Trust
        • Waves of Light
        • Going Vertical
      • August 2019
        • Blessed Stillpoint
        • The Miracle of Play
        • High Play
        • Mastering Numbers
      • September 2019
        • Measure of the Earth
        • Shapes of Harmony
        • Shapes of Harmony Amplified
        • The Seed of Life
      • October 2019
        • Shapes of Harmony Themes
        • The Farmers' Dilemma
        • Shapes of Harmony Return
        • Can You Hear The Trees Speaking?
        • Who Owns What?
      • November 2019
        • Grandma's Quiet Brilliance
        • Arctic or Tropic?
        • Death and Birth
        • Gratitude
      • December 2019
        • I Am Music
        • Harmonious Random Patterns
        • The Power of Our Songs
        • Radiate
      • January 2020
        • Grace
        • Fabric of Community
        • Stories Connect Us
    • Fire and Ice
      • Fire and Ice Introduction
      • February 2020
        • Three Stories of Our Time
        • The Great Turning
        • What a Friend Our Breath Is!
        • We Are The Bells
        • Stillness
      • March 2020
        • Hear The Story Woman
        • Bridge People
        • In This Time/Terrifying and Beautiful/A Vow
        • Scale, Perspective, and Context
      • April 2020
        • The Importance of Noticing Beauty
        • Spiritual Principles of Wabi-Sabi Beauty
        • un•prec•e•dent•ed
        • This Moment of Choice
        • Slowing Down With Our Children
      • May 2020
        • Shadow and Light
        • Look Out! and Look Out
        • Keeping Quiet
        • A Prophesy From 12 Centuries Ago
      • June 2020
        • The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
        • Ancient Medicine for Our Time
        • Lost
        • "Hope (in a Time of Hopelessness)"
      • July 2020
        • And Yet Still There’s Hope
        • Holding Up The Sun
        • Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned
        • To Open or Not to Open? Is That Really the Question?
        • Pandemics Then and Now
      • August 2020
        • Our Fragile World
        • Patience Can Be Messy!
        • Life’s Global and Personal Waves
        • Birth Day Remembering
      • September 2020
        • Ripples Into The Present and Future
        • Wisdom Weavers of the World
        • A Buddhist Response to Coronavirus
        • No Hiding Place
  • Fine Art Photography
    • Urban Nature Fine Art Prints
    • Photo Galleries
      • Local Galleries
        • The Night Kitchen
        • Through My Office Window
        • Reflected Elegance
        • Dragonflies, Butterflies, and Moths
        • Water Birds
        • Our Global Local Market
        • They're Just Weeds, Right?
        • A Date With a Monarch
        • A Heron Takes Flight
        • Abstract Water Images
        • The Creek
      • Global Galleries
        • Mothers, Babies, and Food
        • Yogis Praying Next to Children Playing
        • An Afternoon in Africa
        • People We Met That Day
        • Hidden in a Coconut Grove
        • A Day in Maasai Land
        • Fabric of Community
        • An Extreme Airport
        • A Sailing Safari
        • Seven Hours By Taxi
        • Harvest and Ceremony
        • A DR Saturday
        • On The Path of Life
        • Damascus to Aleppo
    • Wabi-Sabi Desktops
    • About The Photos
  • A Kaleidoscope of Haiku
  • Engage With Us
    • Free
    • Products
    • Services
      • Emotional Intelligence Coaching
      • Leadership Development Coaching
      • Team Development
      • Creative Services
      • Special Online Events
      • Wisdom Circles
  • Shop
    • Kaleidoscope Lenses
    • Urban Nature Fine Art Prints
    • Wabi-Sabi Desktops
    • StoneCircles (Earth)
    • Celestial Rays (Sun)
    • Music of the Spheres (Planets)
    • Infinite BlessSings (Stars)
    • More Healing Stones Designs
  • Cart
  • Barbara
    • Barbara's Global Walkabout
    • 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award
    • The Goddess
    • Running and Not Running
  • Contact

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