Do you have a nervous habit? I did. I do. But they’ve morphed over the years. From my childhood until I was married, I used to rock myself to sleep by shaking my foot back and forth. [As you might imagine, this did not go over well with Dan, my husband, and I had to […]
How We Interpret Life
Last weekend, when I was in AL, I read Pema Chödrön’s book When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times. Chödrön is an American Buddhist nun and a resident teacher at Gampo Abbey, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan monastery in North America established for Westerners. I wanted to share a personal (astonishing) discovery. […]
Meaning
Since I’ve been absent from the blogosphere for 6 months, I’ve missed out on telling you so much—namely, all that I’ve learned in the meantime, in my reading and in my discussions with others. I feel like I’m growing so fast, I can’t keep up with it all…and that’s a good thing! I’ve switched gears […]
Creative Dreams
The Squam Art Workshops are retreats for the imagination, set on what looks like an idyllic location–Squam Lake, NH. I’ve never been, but I’m hoping to attend one day. They were started by Elizabeth MacCrellish in 2008, as “an enterprise that is dedicated to infusing art with spirit, and life with all manner of creative […]
How To Be Alone
I’ve just finished The Evolution of God by Robert Wright, and my brain feels like a stuffed green pepper. One of these days I’ll share, in a succinct and clear way, what I learned. To compare, I’ve picked up Stephen Prothero’s God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World–and Why Their […]