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doing it when it doesn’t come easy
My trip to NYC was just wonderful, and I’m so so glad I can go anytime I want, again — we walked in the park for hours, we did a lot of stuff for Heaventree, we had dinner with my stepdaughter Anna,...
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whoo boy is it hard
When people are starting to learn how to meditate, they very commonly say that they simply can’t do it, they aren’t able to keep their minds still. Sure, other people can do it, but their minds won’t...
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added bonuses
Moving into this house has been complicated by the fact that everything had to be unloaded into the basement, since the former owners were still living in the house. While it was a relief to be able to...
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two things: 1/12/17
1) The Wake Up Project is an Australian-centered mission to promote kindness and mindfulness. Five years ago I followed them but somehow I lost track — maybe in one of my occasional email subscription...
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better than ever
See the twinkle in his eye? This is at Millay’s home, and he was tickled pink to be there. I have a great friend in my monthly poetry group named George. First of all, George is the most knowledgeable...
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going rogue
With gratitude to my friend (and former health coach) Jeff for that phrase in the post title, I too am going rogue with my meditation and mindfulness practice. Last night I went to Shambhala to listen...
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ecstasy, then laundry
The post title is a straight-on reference to the title of a book by Jack Kornfield, After the Ecstasy, the Laundry. I was thinking about this yesterday when I woke up, actually, and then as my...
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it’s so poignant
A few evenings ago, there was a piece about Glen Campbell on the nightly news. He’s in stage 6 (of 7, the final stage) of Alzheimer’s, and he can no longer speak. Of course during the piece they...
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there’s always more than one way
you can find any image on the Internet Hey, yesterday’s post was number 1,400. What a nice number, and how nice to notice it, like when you happen to see your odometer rolling over a nice round number....
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boring-ness
It’s really funny — when I was going through the very long year and a half of unrelenting terribleness (all of 2012 and the first ~half of 2013), I worried that my posts were so heavy or dark that you...
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when small becomes infinite
I don’t want to become one of those proselytizers — only able to talk about the new important thing — but I just had an experience that was so wondrous I share it here in case it helps you think about...
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de-storying the re-storying
Not too long ago, July 17, I wrote a post titled “re-storying for compassion.” The whole idea there was to subvert the mean little stories I tell myself when I get frustrated with others by imagining...
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changing a changer
One of the stablest things about me is that I seek to change things — myself, my responses, my views of the world if they are causing me problems. And so I undertake these various projects, or...
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a silent report
I wonder why all the images from a search for the word ‘silence’ are black and white (and mostly white). That’s actually very interesting to me and something I want to think about [note to self]. Today...
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nourishment
I do not have a green thumb. I over-water, under-water, forget. But even with my black thumb, even I wouldn’t pour Coke on my plant on watering days and expect it to grow. Even I wouldn’t place chips...
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do that thing
Heya toots! Apropos of nothing in the post, but how can you not grin when you look at that face, I ask you. An old picture but a good one. Sweet Oliver! Two nights ago I returned to walking – just...
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the anti-flailing project
In my last post, I started the process of thinking about this next stage of my life. I’ll be 56 in November. My three children are grown (well, my daughters are; my 27-year-old son has a long way to...
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flashback post
For a bunch of reasons — including the main one, which is that I was thinking about this very thing and saw no need to reinvent the wheel — a post I wrote in February 2012: The first time I saw this...
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an easy test
Granted: It was a wonderful day yesterday because I spent the day with my daughter Katie, planning a baby shower and making baby things and having lunch. Who couldn’t have a wonderful day under those...
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