I’ve been thinking a lot about turbulence lately. My recent flights across the country were on the bumpy side, and my dad said my stepmom recently had a flight that was the worst she’d ever experienced. I’m thinking that increased turbulence may be with us for a while. While this is an apt metaphor for […]
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In her feedback to me for my possible-someday-book, my developmental editor Jess said: I found myself wanting to know more about Becca’s relationship with both her father and her mother, and especially about how she formed her view of fear in relation to the two of them. I imagine that Becca’s formation of her own
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Monday morning as I sat in meditation, I felt my anguish over the poetic injustice of “water cannons” being used against the “Water Protectors” at Standing Rock the night before. I thought about the sub-freezing conditions and hypothermia, about my friends and colleagues there, and the Native American tribes who have gathered from many parts
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During the election I was at a week-long Insight Meditation retreat. When Don and I signed up for it last May, I didn’t realize the timing. Though I absolutely love Tara Brach, the other teachers, and the beautiful landscape at this retreat, I wasn’t all that pleased to be going at this particular time. Usually
Welcome to my new blog site!!! Please Follow me here to keep up-to-date on my life & musings! If you came here from today’s entry “Endings and Beginnings, Living and Dying”on my old blog site, you will be happy to learn that I did spend a couple of hours in my basement today, labeling a bunch
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