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“ Tell me what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life ?” – Mary Oliver, “The Summer Day”  Pay attention (work hard),  res...

In yoga we learn that our thoughts and feelings line our joints like hard water deposits. I never give this much thought, partly because I...

The rain, staccato in me, drums past any knowing of the first drop. Shifting puddles cannot reflect their source. Instead of a steady beat l...

Until the pebble settles on my last rib, I breathe around the empty space at my core. I am not yet resigned to what’s next. Without knowing...

Lately I've been thinking about how the existentialists got things right. I'm struck these days by the absurdity of our lives - the...

With much calmed, what I have to say is this: Thank the gods for Netflix Instant Viewing. As my husband would say, I am not an early adopte...

Realizing again how much the world is governed by entropy. Being a homeowner really keeps this foremost in one's thoughts. The carpet ...

Let me start by acknowledging that I've always struggled separating "real" emotions from chemically-induced similacra of feeli...

It doesn't interest me if there is one God or many gods. I want to know if you belong or feel abandoned. If you know despair or can see ...

I've been thinking lately about singing meditation, mostly because the only time I have to connect with my deeper side on a daily basis ...

Umea was born six weeks ago on April 3. We've made it this far, and I'm just starting to feel that we're getting used to each o...

It's interesting to me how being pregnant has affected my relationships. I'm suddenly much closer to my stepmom, who's been the...

Look, the eucalyptus, the Atlas pine, the yellowing ash, all the trees are gone, and I was older than all of them. I am older than the moon,...

I'm definitely seeking solace these days. What is it about us that sends us seeking ourselves at every turn in our lives? Or is that sp...

You ask me how to pray to someone who is not. All I know is that prayer constructs a velvet bridge And walking it we are aloft, as on a spri...

Suddenly find myself in an internal cycle once again. I should be able to recognize the signs by now, but ... life is too immediate to see ...

I see the Earth I am looking at Her and smile Because she makes me happy. The Earth, looking back at me Is smiling, too. May I walk happily ...

three blocks later they're still kissing

When I am born again make me a drum, make me an anchor of rhythm for your hands. Make my song break locks, open windows, fill bellies. ...

Otherworldly, they may be naked & speaking a language you can’t understand. They test you on long division. You’re unprepared— This o...