Mid-Summer at the Fresh Farm Market (Yum)
Shiva Nataraja
This murti of Nataraja has been in the window of a store near where I work for at least 20 years. I often walk past is and just as often stop to admire it. I have never really considered taking… (READ MORE)
1 in 20 (D6 Bus)
1 in 20 people in DC have HIV.
This Week in the DOL’s Elevators
Cloud on Cloud
At first glance, it might appear that there is just one fluffy white cloud in the sky. A more careful look shows one strangely sunlit cloud amidst a skyful of thunderously gray clouds. How often is what we think we… (READ MORE)
Outrageous Light (and Sadhana)
I just spent a week looking at the celestial realms — inner and outer. Fifty of us spent a week meditating and studying with Paul Muller-Ortega at a retreat center in Sedona. It might seem from these pictures that there… (READ MORE)
We Love Having You Here
At the Airport
This delightful working dog is sitting near while I wait for my plane to Phoenix; I am traveling to Sedona today for a weekolong meditation and study retreat. As part of the retreat, I will take myself away from phone,… (READ MORE)
Half Moon Rising
Hot Day (and aligning with it instead if fighting it)
It astonishes me how much time is spent complaining that it is hot. It is July, and I live south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Much of what gives rise to the complaints has to do with trying to dress in… (READ MORE)