Just as I Was About to Get Ready
to pack up my things and leave work to go to yoga class, a co-worker stopped by my office to talk. She started by asking me how I was, but I knew that was just an introduction because it was… (READ MORE)
Metro Bus Detour
Something was going on; the police detoured us North around the highway. I wondered for a moment whether it was at all related to the fire last week, and then I remembered that the filming of Transformer 3 is disrupting… (READ MORE)
But for Grace (highway fire)
Viewed from the apparent safety of my office building under which the highway runs. If the accident were 300 feet farther south it would be under my building and we might be subject to evacuation. I am reminded even more… (READ MORE)
A Moment of Gratitude and Compassion
A friend once said that when he heard sirens while he was meditating, he used it as a reminder to share the light of meditation. It is easy to think of roads blocked by emergency vehicles and blaring sirens as… (READ MORE)
To Sleep With Such Enthusiasm
one must be blissful in the present moment.
Proclamations, Exclamations, and Exhortations
NYC, Philadelphia, DC.
Figs Ripening
This is the second round of fruit ripening on the small tree I brought into the garden this spring. Will these figs ripen enough to be picked before the first frost?
If It Weren’t for Columbus
I would not be walking through Lincoln Park past a sculpture of Lincoln emancipating the slaves. There might not have been any slaves to emancipate. My great grand parents might not have made the trip from Eastern Europe to Ellis… (READ MORE)
Invitation to Artistic Collaberation
I loved this collection of ties and sign outside the Studio Gallery in Dupont Circle. It served for me as a great reminder of the tantric yoga invitation to make and share art with our very being, with each other,… (READ MORE)
It’s a Great Day
To walk around and marvel at the clouds. Even on the busiest of days, or ones when work or other commitments make it so that we do not have much time for sky-gazing, we still always have a few moments… (READ MORE)