The Crisp Clarity of Cold Mornings
It’s December 17th, just four days until the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. Yesterday I wrote a small poem — Note to Self in...
Standing Before Uncertainty
It is on a threshold, at the edge, where we are most able to alter our understanding of the world, and of our own lives in it. — Gregory...
The Long View
They want a wilderness with a map but how about errors that give a new start? Or leaves that are edging into the light? Or the many...
The Gravity of Thoughts
“What if a thought is an actual thing, a measurable entity, with a measurable mass?…Well…if a thought has mass, then a thought exerts...
Take a Brain-Body Break
Too much to do? Feeling ragged, exhausted, confused, a bit grumpy? Yesterday was one of those days. After a morning of errands and lots...
The Mindful Place
Being mindful is walking out the door with my keys, wallet, glasses, and other necessities needed for the journey into the day. In...
Unfurling to Your Own Rhythm
This tightly wound leaf will one day unfurl into being, a luscious green companion to its neighboring leaf. Yet it can’t be hurried...
The Surprising Act of Self-Discovery
The act of self-discovery, once begun, has the weight of momentum, a certain cadence. It requires gumption, patience and bravado, and...