A song from the 60s said: “Slow down, you move too fast, you gotta make the morning last. . .” […]
Tag Archive for ‘meditation’
Personhood
This idea of “personhood” gets a lot of press. Some “grant personhood” to masses of cells in women’s bodies, claiming […]
One-Wing Wasp
Ever feel like a wasp with one-wing? Grounded. Unable to fly. Walking aimlessly as if lost. Another sad, but perhaps […]
Bee, Ant, Me
Out in the Classroom this afternoon (the one under the sycamore shading me from the summer sun, where I look […]
New Book for Freethinkers
This collection of 33 essays and columns includes a sprinkling of poems written for the book. Humanist Meditations As I […]
Solstice Meditation
As a deep cold approaches, we feel the change of seasons in our bones–our bodies and brains … A poem […]
Mountain to Mountain
I enjoyed this podcast interview with Brett Wilson on Mountain Zen Den He’s West in the Rockies, I’m East in […]
Twenty Years with Thoreau
Twenty years have passed since Wilderness Press published my little book of “meditations” in 2002: Meditations of Henry David Thoreau: […]
Eleanor’s Wisdom
Reading the always excellent articles in Church and State (Americans United for the Separation of Church and State) I came […]
Transience
A cousin I was close to in childhood passed away this week. I’m sad to have lost touch, but glad […]
Breathe
This week’s column is on the Zen Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh who passed away last week. His writings were […]
Shining a Light
A visit from an old friend; a conversation about good things people are doing; an invitation to shine a light […]
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