Flower or Weed?
My garden is pretty much as lush as it’s going to get this year. In the early Spring I do a lot of watching and waiting as those early shoots and patches of green appear. Plants have a way of...
View ArticlePlans vs. Planning
“Planning is priceless. Plans are meaningless” – Vandita Kate Marchesiello paraphrasing Winston Churchill “Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans” - John Lennon These two...
View ArticleHappy Holiday Checklist
Even if you’ve managed to avoid it up till now, I’m afraid the Holidays are officially barreling towards us. Lights flashing, ads blaring, holiday tunes non-stop on some stations. Yes folks, ready or...
View ArticleThings That Go “Bump”….
“I’ve been through some terrible things in my life, some of which have actually happened” —–Mark Twain Most nights there’s not much time lost between head hitting the pillow and the warm embrace of...
View ArticleComfort Zones
“To feel at home, stay at home” —–Clifton Fadiman By the time this note reaches you I’ll be some 2500 miles, and a world away in Darien, Panama. For the past year or so I’ve been teaching a yoga class...
View ArticleAn ocean of emotion
There is a bottomless ocean of thoughts and emotions. Each of us is contained therein yet we are often unaware of it. Unlike water, it can sometimes become more dense, and then we feel overwhelmed....
View ArticleDo you “bounce”?
Only a few minutes into the phone call I noticed an edginess in my friend’s voice. We’ve known each other a long time and tune into those subtle inflections and nuances easily. When asked she was...
View ArticleWhere do thoughts come from?
A thought comes to my mind: “I want to go out and take a walk!”. Looking more closely at it, it’s not just a thought. It is accompanied by some urge, plus a mental idea of reward (as a result of...
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