Offered as an antidote to the fast pace of our lives and the toll it takes on our minds and spirits, the book LOOK UP! Musings on the Nature of Mindfulness is a clarion call to get up and get out -- to look up from our work, our distractions, our routines -- and to... Continue Reading →
how do we change? accommodate? make room? or rooms? is there even room? is this space infinite or finite? can we build additions into which we pour new foundations? or rest on settlements of stone and suffering? beings of air and light are never fixed, love even the ground shifts beneath our feet
Surgeons call it scar tissue - the telltale sign of damage and repair. It is what remains when we have been hurt and healed. It is the something left behind. My journey began there, about a year ago, with scar tissue that had been carefully woven over time and was sitting heavily across my heart.... Continue Reading →
Offered as an antidote to the fast pace of our lives and the toll it takes on our minds and spirits, LOOK UP! Musings on the Nature of Mindfulness is a clarion call to get up and get out — to look up from our work, our distractions, our routines — and to find our... Continue Reading →
On the fourth day, half-way down the shore of my favorite beach, I felt my shoulders loosen and my head clear. It was a slow and quiet meditation on rocks that did it, and this was my reward...
My Dad was a chemical engineer and a big proponent of education. So, when my seventh grade science class was studying the chemical elements, he thought it would be a great idea to do a show-and-tell like experiment for class. (And we wonder why I ended up a little geeky?) The experiment involved a filter,... Continue Reading →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj2ofrX7jAk (Thanks for sharing, Martha! xoxo)
It was nearly 9 o’clock before I realized I had not spent one mindful moment since I pulled myself out of bed at 4. From the second my feet touched the cold, wood floor, I’d been “on.” On autopilot, I suppose: brush teeth, pull on sweatshirt (and socks for cold feet), turn on computer, make... Continue Reading →
Last night was movie night. Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons was on AMC, and I couldn’t resist an evening with Tom Hanks and a bowl of caramel popcorn. But it wasn’t quite as good as I hoped — the caramel popcorn was so sweet, I could feel the sugar coursing through my veins all night.... Continue Reading →
