Dear Friends, It has been a mind-boggling several weeks. The magnitude of the upheavals and the impact on all of the world, including human beings, is beyond my ability to grasp. Closer up than the unfolding devastation in Japan and… (READ MORE)
Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
What do you first notice when you look at this photo? What do you notice next? Do you find yourself making aesthetic judgments or comparisons? What about moral judgments? Is it possible truly to witness without judgment? To see the… (READ MORE)
Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
A neighbor who lives in the top floor of the building across the street, and thus has a spectacular view of the maples in front of my house writes: “The buds on your tree are more numerous than yesterday, and… (READ MORE)
Do you ever stop to wonder about the ubiquitous, wildly patterned expanses of carpets at the big chain hotels? What might be the reasons for such carpets? 1. The carpet designers all ingested some kind of substance that gave them… (READ MORE)
Could you find your innards gorgeous–the blood, sinovial fluid, organs of digestion and elimination? What about your inner thoughts and memories, the ones you do not want to share? That, of course, is not the point, here. What does it… (READ MORE)
I am in a different part of town for an educational conference. I had lunch at a Japanese restaurant where the sushi chefs were prattling to each other in Spanish. This offering was in the waiting area; to whose gods,… (READ MORE)
I got out of the house by 7:30 this morning because I knew the dusting of snow would not last long, and I wanted to enjoy the combination of blossoms and snow making every thing vibrate with beauty. I was… (READ MORE)
I have had a more stressful than usual couple of weeks at the office. While I was walking into the office, I was thinking about how the more deadlines I needed to meet and the more difficult interchanges I had… (READ MORE)