May 5, 2011
The day I flew to Louisville, Kentucky marked the end of a week-long cleanse, which coincided with Passover, the Jewish festival of liberation. I wanted to be free of any bad juju from my past that might unconsciously keep me from diving head first into an...
Dec 14, 2010
The best art (no matter what form it takes) can shatter outmoded, unconscious, internalized ways of perceiving and believing. So why is it so many of us would rather listen to celebrity gossip than prophetic voices of art? I’d like to think it’s because...
Dec 6, 2010
One wonderful practice I finally became disciplined about despite my previously held “this is so cheesy” perception is maintaining a gratitude/acknowledgments list. Each night (or just as often in the morning while I’m waiting for my morning coffee...
Nov 2, 2010
I went to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope-Leighy House with an architect friend this week. We stood in the entrance to the house, where the overhang was a mere 6 foot 8 (plenty of room for the vertically challenged, such as yours truly, but I could picture some of my...
Jul 5, 2010
Independence Day (for those in the US) strikes me as a great excuse to reflect on what we’re NOT independent from, personally and collectively. Oil is the mind-blowing biggie as we’re more than two months into the Deepwater tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico....
Jun 11, 2010
I am in the Bay area, thanks to a generous friend with extra frequent flyer miles. (Clinical fellowships in Reiki, however cool sounding they might be, don’t pay my bus fare, never mind Rockies-crossing travel). Yesterday we walked eight miles through Redwood...
