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 21, 2014Hold Life OpenIn Michael Pollen’s book Cooked, in the chapter on Fermentation, he makes some comment along the lines that people who are easily disgusted are often terrified […]
December 4, 2014Alone, yet not aloneToday is Rainer Maria Rilke‘s birthday. I often turn to his writings, and have since college when I first read Letters to a Young Poet. Today […]
March 31, 2014RISK failureDo you ever drag your feet when approaching a really big project? I am currently doing this. I have three big projects on my plate right […]
March 20, 2014Coming to Be–AwakenOn this first day of spring, I greet you with some words from Rilke. From infinite longings finite deeds arise…But in these dancing tears, what is […]
March 17, 2013Ruth Laxson. Biking. Rilke.I just returned from 10 glorious days south of the Mason-Dixon Line in sunny Georgia. Doug and I drove the 1000+ miles with our bicycles through […]