

Quiet Stirrings
Last week I experienced something astounding. For the first time, sinking as deeply into awareness as possible, I headed into the safe...


Upside Down and Praying
At some point a few days ago my thoughts turned negative, judgmental, and deafening in my head. The word hate became the verb of choice....


A Call to Calm
“I define calm as creating perspective and mindfulness while managing emotional reactivity.” —Brené Brown I showed this quote to someone...


Time Travel
"Begrudge time and it will turn its back / on you like a dead secret. But bathe, kiss, enter, bow. Immerse / yourself in the time you...


The Slow Drip of the Present
Five weeks after arriving back home from a month in Spain and France, I am finally giving in to false starts and indecision concerning...


Deep Ease
Like pushing the proverbial stone up the mountain only to have it roll continuously back down, the many details, commitments, and...


Responsible Language
According to the Mirriam-Webster dictionary, the etymological root of ‘responsible’ is the Latin respondere, to respond. As a verb, ‘to...


Connecting the Dots
In the first week back home from vacation, a series of inspirations have been quietly connecting in my mind. These words spoken by...


Wide Places
“From the narrow places I called to you, from the wide places you answered me.” — Psalms/Tehillim 118:5* I am writing this while on...


Musings on a Snowy Spring Equinox
I left off writing here last December (just short of the winter solstice) with a note saying I’d return in a month with a new blog...