On the Water
It is a glorious morning. The water of the bay ripples and glints in the sun, and the grass fringing the beach and the estuary furls and unfurls in the breeze. On the other […]
personal development
Invisible Hands, Invisible Love
My 26-year-old son showed up at home unexpectedly a few days ago…on his new motorcycle. He appeared in the kitchen, holding a helmet and excitedly beckoning me outside to show me his new acquisition. […]
Concerning Collaboration Part II
If you read the first installment of my post on collaboration, perhaps you are waiting with bated breath (or perhaps not) to find out how this new iteration of the collaborative process has been […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Heart
I learned to play the piano when I was only five. I learned to read music at the same time that I learned to read words on a page. I can’t remember a time when […]
The Simple Life
In June, I returned from two weeks spent at the Quail Springs Permaculture Farm near Maricopa, California. I went there to take a permaculture course and earn my permaculture design certificate over a two-week span. […]
Nature Ballet
Perhaps humans are most brilliant when we engage our creativity in such a way that it is perfectly complementary to nature. In doing so, we can expand ourselves in harmony with the world we are […]
Buddhi Lyn
The famous mystic spiritualist G. I. Gurdjieff once noted, “He who has freed himself of the disease of ‘tomorrow’ has a chance to attain what he came here for.” Lyn Kehoe picks up on this […]
Saraswati’s Yoga Joint
Certainly one of the sweetest aspects of life is celebrating the successes of those you love. Congratulations to Donna Jackson for opening up her new yoga studio in Norwalk, Connecticut. Donna is a highly gifted yogini with […]
Gnostic Green 