“And so I wait, like a lonely house till you will see me again and live in me. Till then my windows ache.” ~ Pablo Neruda, Sonnet LXV It’s OK to be sad. We are individually and collectively grieving so much that has been lost to the current crisis. We are all in this […]
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The Upside of Down
April 11, 2020
A Spoonful of Yoga
March 28, 2020
“If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.” ~ Andy Rooney I made a short little video to help you keep smiling. In this 2016 blog post, I wrote about how the physical act of smiling can help to slow your heart rate. A slowed heart rate is one indicator […]
Bake a Bun, Leave the Cannoli
March 21, 2020
“Be crumbled So that wild flowers will come up where you are. You have been stony for too many years. Try something different. Surrender.” ~ Rumi So, with most of us home and walking that tightrope between hope and despair, I decided to scour my old blog posts, going back to 2010 (when I first […]
Faith in Chaos
March 14, 2020
“If the flap of a butterfly’s wings can be instrumental in generating a tornado, it can equally well be instrumental in preventing a tornado.” ~ Edward Lorenz Happy Pi Day! Yes, that is a picture of my celebratory Pi Day bar of soap! 6.36619772368 seconds times π equals 20 seconds, the minimum amount of […]
Extra
February 29, 2020
E. Edward Grey: You’re really over-qualified for the job. You’d be bored to death. Lee Holloway: I want to be bored. ~ From Secretary (2002) The line above is from the movie Secretary, a sweet, quirky love story from 2002, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader. That particular piece of dialogue came to my […]
A Rose By Every Other Name (revisited)
February 14, 2020
“Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin nor desire nor self-knowledge can reach, the core of their reality, the person that each one is in God’s eyes. If only they could see themselves as they really are. If only we […]
A Poetic Synthesis
January 30, 2020
“When, taking all factors into account, anything can be proved to be impossible, that usually means that it will be done in some different manner and employing a new and unforeseen technique.” ~ Arthur C. Clarke The year 2020 sure has had an intense beginning. Personally, I was planning to start out the year […]
Happy Leaping New Year!
January 1, 2020
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will […]
Impressions of December
December 21, 2019
“Who can know the secret of musical composition? The sound of the sea, the curve of a horizon, the wind in the leaves, leave us with a multitude of impressions. And suddenly, without our wishing it at all, one of these memories spills from us and finds expression in musical language.” ~ Claude Debussy […]
Comfort and Breath
December 14, 2019
“Be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle.” ~ Ian MacLaren Earlier this week, I had to drive to the area where I grew up to take care of some paperwork related to the recent death of my mother. The errand was unexpectedly emotional for me. I stopped at the local Trader Joe’s on […]
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