A Close Call
It only amounted to an hour mopping up with towels, inside and outside the fridge; and as with most close calls, the episode has...
Unexpected Consequences
We live inside the modern idea that, as an individual, we should be able to chart a course that gives us a chance to...
Learning Together
Together in this unsought community, We listen to each other’s stories, nodding, Understanding, remembering our own. As a facilitator, I mostly just listen And...
Sharing the Weight
Over the course of a week, they moved a 500-pound stone up a steep hill at the Zen community that was hosting their retreat,...
A Wider Winnowing
During this time of decline when so much is shrinking: friends dying and for the most part not being replaced; the public exercise of...
Free Radicals (expanded version)
Like a maple tree, our bodies grow from a seed; gathering stellar dust and organic nutrients found in their planetary environment into a trunk...
Free Radicals
Like a maple tree, our bodies grow from a seed; gathering stellar dust and organic nutrients found in the planetary environment into a trunk...
They Called Again
They called again; and once more I listened. Should I tell you what their new story is? You probably have your own solicitations that...
A Water Sign
I was born under a water sign: Cancer. Certain experiences that I encounter seem to confirm the characteristic of being like water. Others feel...
Something to Hope for
If we were given the following three possibilities and asked which we hope will arrive in the future, which would we choose: 1/ the...