Make some tea. Bring it into the meditation space. Sit in a circle. Open the chocolate. Have an orange. Read a taoist poem. Share six ground rules. Breathe deeply. Begin. Tonight was a merging of two of my worlds – dreamwork with my housemates, and… Read More
Monthly archives of “March 2015”
The Beloved Community
“We make the beloved community By being the beloved community I spent today with members of the Web of Change Community – both board members as well as fresh recruits to the leadership team (I was one of them), in a planning & work session focused… Read More
The End. The Beginning. The Cycle Goes On.
After blogging for 31 days, one thing is clear to me: There is no better time than now for us to do the things we dream of. When the desire to create overcomes the fears that hold us back, we are propelled into new territory. Like driving from… Read More
Second to last
It’s almost midnight in California, and it’s nearing the moment when the moon will block the light of the sun in a full solar eclipse, 13 hours before the spring equinox. By the time anyone else reads this, their today will be my tomorrow. And oh,… Read More
Jacques Prevert, Words, & That Which Is Untranslatable
Barbara From Jacques Prevert’s Paroles Rappelle-toi Barbara Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest ce jour-là Et tu marchais souriante Epanouie ravie ruisselante Sous la pluie Rappelle-toi Barbara Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest Et je t’ai croisée rue de Siam Tu souriais Et moi je… Read More
Lemon slices
Lemon slices In hot water Cough in my throat Aches in my joints Is this a cold coming on? Nah, can’t be. Too much to do. Too much going on. Still, I’ll eat soup for dinner. I’ll try to exercise to move whatever is going… Read More
This morning
Long dreams of people, places, candles and leaks. At the end, a cousin cries out for another, to release him from jail. He escapes. I wake in my bed, remembering the last dialogue of the dream. I turn over, reach down for my notebook, my… Read More
On Appreciating Life’s Daily Rhythms
I woke up recently to a new awareness. For the first time that I am consciously aware of, I am reveling in the small, day-to-day details of my life. From the chirping of the birds outside my window starting at 7 every morning to the final… Read More
Water worries
What happens when a city runs out of water? What about a state? A country? The Brazilian mega-city of São Paulo is facing dwindling water supplies. Rationing is likely to come next. But what happens when a city of 20 million people runs out of water?… Read More
Women on 20s
A cool campaign is afoot to replace Andrew Jackson with a woman on the face of the US $20 bill. The campaign is well articulated, smart and working to build large grassroots support, by creating a multi-stage voting process to build a large movement of… Read More