Journeying with a Rope

I am ending another journey in Ukraine, overwhelmed by the overabundance of love and care born from meetings with remarkable people. I am grateful to friends and family in the Bilopillia region who always prepared […]

Anatoliy Zarko

This is a story I hoped to have posted on April 26th, the 30th anniversary of the devastating and demoralizing explosion at Chernobyl. I am writing in honor of my good friend’s brother Anatoliy Zarko. […]

Concerning Collaboration, Part 1

Let’s face it, collaboration is one of those words that can leave a bad taste in one’s mouth. Who hasn’t had the experience, in secondary school or college, or even at work, of being given […]

Being and Becoming

One day a yogini sat with two of her students in meditation. Eventually she opened her eyes and asked, “To my two brilliant students, what IS yoga? Do either of you two seasoned veterans want […]

The Roosters

“A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he’ll never crow. I have seen the light and I’m crowing.” – Muhammad Ali I believe for a myriad of […]

Etched in Stone

The town of Hancock, NH, where I live, is 237 years old, and even though the population has dwindled to 1,654 inhabitants, the fact that the town has existed for so many years necessitates […]

By Heart; Thy Heart

1993 was transformational for me as I worked to step way beyond myself, and perhaps the hallmark of this year was my being compelled to constant acts of giving. Issues of social justice had haunted […]

Another favorite quote: Hemingway on writing

“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” -Ernest Hemingway on writing

Seeking a Room of One’s Own

I just finished rereading Virginia Woolf’s classic A Room of One’s Own. I first read this book in my early twenties, and my admiration of it was more academic than actual. I agreed with the […]