When we converse, we can find ourselves in a hall of mirrors if the subject be tender and thorny. Perhaps it reaches deep within us to...

It is, perhaps, to the benefit of our survival that we do not grasp our duality and its constructs until we are older so we can be...

The sun looks small and inconsequential from where we sit. It is easy to think that this is a quiet, benevolent force in our lives. But...

So much of our daily life is traversed upon a well worn path of what we have decided is true. People and events that we see and...

In this episode we are on to the second chapter of The Gift by Hafiz. I read this first poem and I'm reminded of Kurt Cobain's lyric from...

The cycle of water is fundamental to the health of the earth we are born into. It is happy birthday to us all with every shower. We are...

As if life were a game of tag, at some point we are going to be pursued, touched and by the rules of the game; the running must stop....

I have never felt alone though I have often been lonely. This loneliness is true especially since I retired and left behind my friends...

Karma is not punitive. Embracing consequence is the medicine that brings that balance. So why do we disempower ourselves from living...

When I was first introduced to connecting with people online in 2002, social media was in its infancy. It was a zygote, really. There had...

People are energetic beings and when like energies gather they are exponentially more powerful in their focus. If we hunt for something...

Cupid and Psyche, by Antonio Canova, Paris, Musée du Louvre Passion. What pulls us onward into intimate relationship with the world we...

Music has always been a language and more than just a gift of sound to wash over us. Music allows a conversation. We may listen and...

We have within us an abundance like the world has never known before. We consume yet we starve to death for want for what will truly...

This is how love comes to us. There is what is and then there is something entirely different to startle us out of ourselves into a much...

I’ve enjoyed doing my BlogCasts over this past year. As I came to a close with the funky audiobook multimedia posts, I wondered what I...

...I couldn't resist. I have many to thank for helping me with this book. How did I conjure them up and where did they go? That is a...

The Big Love. My mother, my ally. She didn't look the heroine. She didn't do grand things in a dramatic way. She didn't make or seek...

Sometimes belonging is part of the plan; sometimes it is not. Sometimes it is necessary to be outside of the fold and there can be a...

I always seem to get much of what I want when I want the things that won't pull me all the way under by preying on my more fragile...