Community and Family

thoughts on how we fit into the web of community, family and society

Yes, I Knew Him (and the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra)

When my students arrived at William Penn House last night for class, I said, “yes, I knew him; they are both my co-workers.”  I didn’t need to say anything else.  All of them read the Washington Post and know that… (READ MORE)

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Sometimes, the Concern is Not the Risk Warned Of, But the Making of the Warning

For example, I am not concerned with the risk of being filled up by Satan (that’s Satan with a capital “S”) because of practicing yoga.  But I am deeply concerned that the people quoted as making such warnings are seeking or are… (READ MORE)

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Late Spring Greetings–Making Time and Space (Web Version of E-Newsletter)

Dear Friends, I hope you are thriving to the greatest extent possible under your current circumstances in this outrageous Spring and weathering (pun intended) the wild fluctuations between apparent late winter and seemingly already mid-summer.  My garden has been uncertain… (READ MORE)

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