December 6, 2016Wait without hopeThere are many moments as I get older, where it’s been crucial to wait for some kind of news, often related to one’s health, but equally […]
December 5, 2016Open your depths by plunging into themIf you have been following my writing over the years, you know that I am a fan of Rainer Maria Rilke. His birthday was yesterday. I am […]
December 4, 2016SpinYesterday I was listening to an ancient mixed CD and rediscovered the song Birds by Mark Shepard, a pretty obscure little gem of a tune by […]
December 3, 2016What we seekI dip into my 1991 copy of Earth Prayers from Around the World edited by Elizabeth Robers and Elias Amidon from time to time. There’s always […]
December 2, 2016There are forms of espionage in every day lifeAll kinds of subversive things find their way into the body. Bessel van der Kolk writes about this in his book The Body Keeps the Score. Here’s a […]
December 1, 2016Advent 2016 beginsI make a letterpress card that says Practice takes Practice. Anyone who commits to daily exercise, yoga, making or anything involving skill, knows this to be […]