May 53 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!
Feb 33 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 273 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.
Jan 204 minBalance, Balance, Balance...THUD!When I looked at that piece of paper the next morning I saw the following: true gifts, humility, self-confidence, grandiosity. Ohhhh...
Jan 134 minSmall Seeds of Hope: Inverted and Everted PainI'm sorry he is in such pain. It is not a fun place to be. But with great power comes great responsibility. And if that power is abused...
Jan 65 minSmall Seeds of Hope: A Short Cat-alogue of Playful PoemsI love to play with words & to read others who do that well. Here are three lighthearted--and cat-intense--poems. For fun!
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 23, 20203 minA Winter's Tale: Light Has Started to Come BackIt's a brief tale. About a very large tail. A snow leopard tail--or rather, the lack thereof. I am in awe of snow leopards...
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 9, 20204 minIn Order to Grow—Pruning Off a Major Branch"Looks like we just gave ZZ Top a shave & crewcut!" said Celia. We looked at the huge and tangled heaps of grape vines we'd just pruned off.
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...
Nov 26, 20205 minA Dark and Spicy TraditionAnti-Anxiety Tool of the Week Hand to heart. This one is very simple. Just place your hand on your chest, slightly to the left of...
Nov 18, 20204 minSmall Seeds of Hope: Either/Or? Both/And?Anti-Anxiety Tool of the Week "I am alright right now." In this present moment, just as you are right now, are you okay? Reading this...
Nov 11, 20203 minSmall Seeds of Hope: A More Merciful EndAnti-Anxiety Tool of the Week Gratitude: Noticing the Little Things. Neuroscientist Alex Korb, author of The Upward Spiral, notes that,...
Nov 5, 20203 minSmall Seeds of Hope: Splitting LightAnti-Anxiety Tool of the Week Feel your feet. When I am are upset or anxious, I tend to head way off in the future or back into the...
Oct 28, 20204 minSmall Seeds: Experimenting with Prayer and HopeWhy not participate in the Good Big Thing and then reach out from those places to join with those are living out grace?
Oct 21, 20204 minSmall Seeds of Hope: It's Amazing How Much How Little Will DoSometimes a tiny shift can solve a big problem...
Oct 14, 20203 minSmall Seeds of Hope: A Lighthearted Story...in Fifteen (Short) Stanzas And now for something completely different...a children's story, in verse, about a young girl and her great-grandmother. Just for fun.
Oct 7, 20203 minSmall Seeds of Hope: Breathe in BeautyBeauty is all around me--it hasn't gone away. The trees, the sky, a bird, an odd little insect. How to breathe in beauty & be in the world?
Sep 30, 20205 minLife In the COVID Era: Resources and a Few FunniesThis week I thought I'd share a few resources I've come across for dealing with various aspects of the pandemic. Plus a few laughs.
