A Voting Day ReflectionDeficiency and excess characterize the times we’re living in. Our engagement with life is deficient — incomplete, chronic, pale.Nov 2, 2020Nov 2, 2020
When We Can’t Move OnI recently listened to On Being’s podcast host Krista Tippet and family therapist and author Pauline Boss discuss “ambiguous loss”.Jul 31, 2020Jul 31, 2020
Here You Are. I Am HereThe Natal people of South Africa greet each other saying, “sawubona”, here you are, to which the response is “sikona”, I am here. What a…Jun 2, 2020Jun 2, 2020
Shifting from Shallow to DeepBefore COVID-19 put an entirely new spin on things, I was reading Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport, a Georgetown computer science…Apr 20, 2020Apr 20, 2020
Coming Up for AirOne of the joys of yoga is learning how to breathe — bringing awareness and ease to something you’ve been doing all your life.Mar 6, 2020Mar 6, 2020
Voting on Super Tuesday in AlabamaI just returned from voting in the Super Tuesday Democratic primary. I live in Alabama.Mar 3, 2020Mar 3, 2020
Is your mind playing tricks on you?What if I told you that your brain is largely in the prediction business?Feb 3, 2020Feb 3, 2020
Meditation for the rest of usI’ve returned from a brief experience of monastic life and realize it’s not for me.Jan 22, 2020Jan 22, 2020
It only takes a smileI am often struck by how good a smile feels, particularly when your husband is in the hospital depending on the kindness of strangers.Dec 30, 2019Dec 30, 2019