"It's quite possible and highly recommended that during your day, as you go through whatever is in front of you, you have a private agenda. This agenda has to do with your desire to know and express the love that you are and to be on the lookout for that...

Many of you were part of the marriage proposal I (Irene) made to Gloria Fiona at Teatro Vallarta at the beginning of the year, well here is what happened next; on the 11th of May, we got married. It wasn’t a traditional wedding; it was a sacred soul union, held...

“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.” —Eckhart Tolle In Puerto Vallarta, the sky is a kind of gospel. Each sunrise arrives like a whisper from the divine. Each sunset, a quiet benediction. People pause. Conversations still.And then—almost always—someone nearby says it, softly, reverently: “La...

June 2025 As the pages of my diary flipped rapidly closer to June 2025, a song began running through my mind… a song I hadn't heard in years. It was from the Broadway musical of 1951, Paint Your Wagon, a Lerner and Loewe collaboration. It's not their most well-known or best...

(Euterpe oleracea) Family: Arecaceae Also known as: Assai Palm, Pina Palm, Euterpe Palm or Cabbage Palm in some regions – but don’t confuse it with the Sabal Palmetto – called by that same name – which grows profusely throughout the Southeastern U.S. and parts of the Caribbean. Origin: Eastern Amazonia,...

"I would like you to distinguish between what you have to do and what you want to do. You may believe that there are many things that you have to do. You have to go to work. You have to make money. You have to pay your bills. You have...

To my American friends—so many of you here in Puerto Vallarta, living with open hearts, fairness, and respect for all walks of life—this poem is for you. Crossing the Line is a tribute, a reflection, and a hope—for the soul of a country, and those still holding her hand. E.Z. We crossed...

It's been mostly birds, a week of birds. Five bluebirds down the chimney into the cold wood stove, ashy and terrified. I got four out, two flying madly, miserably through the house (here's the routine: close all inside doors, open all outside doors, or try to gently catch them...

Also known as Macaw Fat TreeOrigin: Angola and GambiaAs discussed in my book The Civilized Jungle, Volume I"I am rather conflicted regarding this beautiful palm, as part of the terrible out–of–control deforestation of the magnificent (and critical to humanity's survival) South American Rain forest is being done to create...

Please share this with as many of you as you wish. It came on the morning of the 21st, and to me, this is the most important message for those who wish to follow a 'spiritual' life. S.B. “There is so much joy contained in your Self, which you covered for eons playing...