Have you ever looked through your camera lens and seen something you’ve never noticed before? Have you ever looked back at your life and seen a you that you didn’t expect, a new angle come to light? I see the humor in a tongue flick and smile. A dog’s version of bunny ears perhaps? I…
This weekend did not go according to plan. Some very wet snow, followed by a dive in temperatures brought out the wimp in me, I’m embarrassed to report. Instead of being outdoors, I went into cooking and nesting mode. Saturday, I needed to use up my remaining bread dough so I made three more baguettes,…
I have started to write. And this has meant going back through old blog posts and journals, looking at the journey I’ve been on. Much of it is not too pleasant to remember. But I think it’s important to look at the story from the perspective I have now and allow the story or poetry…
All suffering is caused by human desire, particularly the desire that impermanent things be permanent. — One of the Four Nobel Truths of Buddhism No master plan here I move On the next thought And the next Not delaying No contemplating Or reasoning Instead of desiring I choose to do And then It just is For…
When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stone-cutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it would split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all…
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and…
