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...
View Articlethere’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....
View Articleit’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...
View Articleecstasy, 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...
View Articlegoing 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...
View Articlebetter 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...
View Articletwo 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...
View Articleadded 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...
View Articlewhoo 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...
View Articledoing 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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