Honoring Nancy
A beautiful girl, whom I’ve known since she and our daughter became best friends at age ten; a yogini who taught kick-ass vinyasa yoga from Georgia to Wyoming and everywhere she could in between — we love you and are always with you in Spirit — dear Nancy. She found out she has had Lyme…
Read MoreA Perfect Time For—
Completing a book is like giving birth—beyond a doubt. “Zen Love: the true journey of a blended family” has taken years to write and a lifetime to experience. This is a 3-generational story of how I came to discover the full meaning of my humanity–the completeness I’d always knew was possible but had never been…
Read MoreEcstasy 1.0
Yes, I can write much more about how I’m feeling about this gift of life, but let’s let Jill Bolte Taylor’s famous TED talk do it for me, shall we? And if you are one of the few who hasn’t seen “My Stroke of Insight” you are in for an amazing ride, a visceral treat. An intellectual rollar-coaster. T
Read MoreMy Life Purpose … Playful as a Porpoise in the Sea
Having come as close to dying as I can remember getting … on Monday I walked away from being blindsided T-boned with just a bump on the noggin’, when the super-tank-sized white Bookmobile (of All things!) crashed into my driver’s door after I’d not seen it, somehow … I consider myself not only fortunate to be alive, but am more than ever aware of …
Read MoreBirth and … That Other Thing
Try japa repetition when you’re stressed, going through tough times, or want to feel connected to the Source of All … the Great Aummmm …. Ommmmmmm. You will feel connected to just how special even death is … when we accept it is just part of life.
Read MoreProceed With Caution
If I ever meet the producers of that show I’m going to have to control myself not to tell them they’re assholes.
Read MoreThe Gift of All GIFTS — for YOU!!
The Golden Rule says it all in such simple words: Do unto others as you’d like them to do unto you. Throughout the hours of the day I also serve my family, my immediate circle, and the future of my culture–by practicing Compassion.
Read MoreBelieve In Miracles!
Expect a miracle, soon, my friend! If you look carefully, you will see them happening all around us, all the time. But the really big ones, the kind that save us from the brink of death, or lead us to a good relationship, or indicate where our energies are best focused — these come particularly when we send out a “request.”
Read MoreMachu Picchu — part 3: the nature of Nature, inKa style
Long ago I became infatuated with what little I knew about the ancient Inca culture. Back in the 70s when I was drawing plants for botanists who studied them for scientific and shamanic purposes (brugmansia, brunfelsia, erythroxylum coca), I discovered how these ancient Indigenous people of the Andes, just as indigenous folk throughout history, everywhere,…
Read MoreMatchu Picchu — part 2: how-to-get-there hints
Matchu Picchu is one of the modern day 7 Wonders of the World, along with the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China, The Colosseum in Rome, the Maya ruins at Chichen Itza, Brazil’s Giant Jesus; and Petra, the rosy carved-stone Ancient Greek city in Jordan
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