As I grieve the loss (or ‘continuation’ as he would say) of my beautiful teacher Thich Nhat Hanh, I remember the huge shift he catalyzed in my life. I had read a few of his books before being lucky enough to get a spot at one of his in-person retreats in...
I turned on the trial of the murder of George Floyd just as medical expert Dr. Martin Tobin was testifying. Two consecutive frames of the video were playing over and over, showing the exact moment that George Floyd died on the pavement in Minneapolis. Life Goes Out...
Location: Dreamtime, last night. I was walking across a busy street in Boston with lots of other people, coming back from a laundromat (I actually used a laundromat for many years of my life) carrying a load of whites, all clean and packed neatly in a pillowcase. I...
Question Thanksgiving? Mr. Rogers is getting a lot of attention these days, and well-deserved respect for his kindness and fierce determination to embody the peace he wanted to see in the world.I recently read this article telling the story of how Fred Rogers refused...
I am Beulah the elephant. You might have seen me at a local fair or event, or heard about my attendance.Since my entire life was spent catering to your needs as humans, please take a few minutes to hear from me.It’s important for you to know that I was not in your...
Why are people so drawn to natural places like beaches, mountains and National Parks? We need wild places and wild things because we are wild at our core. We don’t go to nature , we ARE nature. We come home to ourselves. And yet, we as a species continue to...
