Because I could not stop for Death,He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. -Emily Dickinson It's always seemed curious to me that churches fill their pews with believers who sing the praises of God and the eternal life that awaits them as they are . . .
Hollyhocks in Capitola, CA These beautiful hollyhocks were growing outside a small strip center in the tiny beach town of Capitola.Summer's bounty. Their crepe-paper-thin petals were perfectly rendered by the hand that created us. I remember standing on a Colorado mountaintop years . . .
A bad day.Boy, has that definition changed for me.Here’s what I believe: if you can do something about it, if you can do something to change it, it’s not a bad day. Not even close. A bad day is losing a child. A bad day is being assigned to a clinical trial because you’re out of other . . .
I was here to teach that there were many paths to God. I repeated to others that I am not the only way, though this was rewoven by other people to state that I am the only way. I would never take the time to feed my ego this way. This is worthless effort. There are many ways to reach . . .
If you want others to be happy,practice compassionIf you want to be happy,practice compassion.-The Dalai LamaCompassion is in short supply in some places,and I'm not sure why.It's true that the Judeo-Christian ethic usesthe very misunderstood "an eye for an eye"as a reason to not feel . . .
It's interesting {and little puzzling, to be honest} to look at my life-- now with more years behind me than I have ahead--and ponder how I ended up where I am today.And "ended up" is the right term. In the past it would've been "becoming" but now, I've already "become" and have "ended up." If you . . .
Ash Wednesday is a big day for me, and not just because I was born Catholic. Some 22 years ago I went to Mardis Gras with a group of gay men (and one other straight woman). It was 10-days of...well, of decadence, really. Of decadence.If Mardis Gras is a combination of the sacred and the profane, so . . .
I'm going to the Land of Medicine Buddha today. Doesn't that sound restful?It's a wooded retreat in the Santa Cruz Mountains and will be a peaceful writing environment for a few days. A friend who also writes has the room next door. We'll write, talk about our work and stroll through the retreat's . . .
Can you proveany of the stuff you believe in?my son asked me & when I saidthat's not how belief works,he nodded & saidthat's what he thoughtbut he was just checkingto make sure he hadn't missed a key point.~Storypeople It's taken me a long time to learn what I believe in, I said to one of my wise . . .
The Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah has defined Christmas since the first time I sang it in high school chorus.There's something about the power and majesty of Handel's music that just does it for me. And I love the tradition of everyone standing for The Hallelujah Chorus.This time of year . . .