Mar 234 minVery Well Right Where You Are This is a bit odd, I thought...Of course, you can pick my experience to pieces logically if you want to. I'm choosing to take it as a gift.
Jan 194 minHands of God? Cosmic MusingsIs there anywhere God isn't? Does God grow? Does God have an edge? Are we, somehow, God's growing edge, or part of it? God’s hands?
Dec 16, 20213 minWhen I Had No Wings to Fly Another song--it could be a modern psalm to the mysterious, the unfathomable, the achingly beautiful unknown. Tender beyond hope.
Dec 8, 20214 minLet There Be SongsNever really listened to the words for any Grateful Dead songs. True statement. Never listened to or looked at the words, fool that I was.
Nov 17, 20213 minAnother (Short) Out-of-the-Mouths-of-Babes StoryI laughed out loud, in surprise and delight. "You are so right, Jesse!" I said.
Nov 3, 20213 minSilence: Three (Very Short) StoriesOn the backside of that hill the incessant noise of traffic and construction was buffered out…so we could drink in the silence as well.
Jul 21, 20213 minHere.The essence of mindfulness. When I am here, I can feel my feet, feel my breath, feel my beating heart--notice in this moment that I am okay.
Jun 16, 20211 minMy Shortest PoemThis is a good sequel for almost all of the tools I've shared over the last year. In fact, it is probably the most important concept of all.
Jun 9, 20212 minA Sense of Beauty?People reported an increased sense of well-being & happiness when experiencing beauty. So, here are some photos I think are beautiful.
Jun 2, 20214 minShe Was There All AlongThe power, the sweat, the struggle, the elemental, primordial nature of birth. The incredible joy of new life when it is complete.
May 5, 20213 minStories in Miniature: Tiny Toolkit of Quotations #2I like quotations--they can be a bit like tiny stories, complete with a conflict or problem and some sort of resolution. And they're short!
Apr 28, 20212 mindeeper glimmer showingI'll never forget the train ride home after Christmas that year, as every clack of the wheels pulled me further & further away from her.
Apr 7, 20213 minI Heard the Stars Singing "And when I dreamed my dream I awoke and came swiftly....I heard the stars singing as I came and felt warm wings about me..."
Mar 31, 20214 minHow We've Stayed Married, Part 3: Accepting OthernessOtherness is an odd--and cosmic--corollary to oneness. Otherness in a relationship can take many forms. There are big differences like...
Feb 17, 20213 minMindfulness and the Prodigal Yo-yoI focus on my breath. I get distracted. Oops. Okay. And again. So many times that I feel like one of those toys on a string...
Feb 3, 20213 minIn Falling and In RisingSomething so beautiful & unusual that it follows you around for days, rising again & again from hidden stairways of your heart...
Jan 27, 20213 minBeing. Breathing. Being Breathed.An absurd fantasy--I mentally roll my eyes when I read it. Yet when I decided to write about mindfulness this week that essay came to mind.
Dec 30, 20203 minA Winter's Tale: The Space BetweenCould this silent darkness be one of winter's gifts? Asking us to bow like the grasses, acknowledging our own bare and basic shape?
Dec 16, 20202 minSmall Seeds of Hope: Cold and Starlight Turn to GoldIt is early morning winter, cold and starlight turn to gold. Slowly I awake to find you standing where I saw you last...
Dec 2, 20204 minSmall Seeds of Hope: Spacing Material, Mortar and Dark MatterAnti-Anxiety Tool of the Week: Jiggling This is one of my favorite ways to reduce stress. Just jiggle your entire body, gently but...