Three years ago (almost to the day) I wrote a blog entitled, “The Best Summer Ever”. I generally try to stay away from superlatives because they always (there I go again with a superlative though) seem to get overridden by something EVEN better…
Read MoreTowards the end of May I went out on a hike. I wanted to leave my mind. I wanted to leave the thoughts of COVID and violence and just escape…
Read MoreA few weeks ago That One Guy (TOG) and I went on an adventure to nowhere. It wasn’t literally nowhere- I mean everywhere is somewhere right?,,,
Read MoreRecently I ventured out to the supermarket…
Read MoreI’m feeling uncomfortable with what I see going on in my world. People are angry. They are angry that they can’t go to work and that stores are not open and they can’t see their family members and they can’t see their friends…
Read MoreNow I sit in pandemic land. I cannot visit with friends. I cannot take the trip of a lifetime- 4 countries in 6 weeks. I cannot ski. I cannot go to sangha to visit with my fellow Buddhists…
Read MoreAs I journey through my late 50s I am becoming more and more aware of the restrictions I have put on what I eat and how I treat my body. I have spent so many years dieting- expecting my body to look a certain way or be a certain size. For years I have shamed myself for not having enough will-power or being lazy for not getting myself to the current accepted “right” body size…
Read MoreFor the past month I’ve been reading the book, “Coming Home” by Ethan Nichtern…
Read MoreToday is the 8th anniversary of my divorce after 25 years of marriage. If you ask me how I feel about that my initial thoughts would be, “joyful”, “powerful”, and “resilient”. At the same time I’m feeling introspective and maybe even a bit melancholy…
Read MoreToday is the 969th day that Trump has been in office. 969 days ago I wrote my first blog post about the first day that Trump was in office. I said we would all be okay and questioned if we could go back in time and pinpoint what got Trump in the presidency and if we could would we blame his parents? His grandparents?…
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