Somebody is on my side right now regarding travel. I was invited to Mexico as a guest for a week at Rancho La Puerta in Tecate, a truly extraordinary health spa. We just arrived today. This morning just before we left I got an invitation to co-lead a trip to Africa for
These words by Rumi express a philosophy of life that I aspire to follow completely. I feel I have put my life on the line in big ways to find out how well in plays out, at all of the levels of life’s concerns. I believe. However the experiment is so
If you haven’t seen the movie Babette’s Feast I highly recommend it. It is at the top of the genre of films about food that speak of its power, least of all nutritionally, but mostly of its ability to lead people into a sort of religious experience, one that breaks down rigidities and
Arlene Ward training
My daughter is in training as an Olympic weightlifter. She is unbelievably strong, technically talented and so committed. I got to go to the gym with her and watch her train with their marvelous coach. The gym was full of athletes accomplishing jaw dropping feats of strength and endurance; most
I think it is very difficult, way more difficult than it should be, for us as humans to realize how subjective memory is. At any given moment all persons present are noticing whatever they notice out of the thousands of things to notice in that moment because of what their psyches are scanning
I read an interview with the musician Bret Michaels who just had an incident of blood bursting in his brain. He said it felt like a gun shot when it happened. It was an incident that should and could have ended his life. He described that in the instant when he
Bella and the Ball
Bella, pictured here, is one of my favorite creatures on this planet. She caused me to fall in love with her and her great heart some years ago. She lives with some dear friends of my daughter in Colorado. They cooked for us today an extraordinary
I have broken away for a trip to visit my daughter and go with a friend to a special place in Mexico. Dog and garden being cared for by friends staying in my house, I’m set loose. This happens only rarely any more. Right now I am on an airplane;
In honor of Mother’s Day this weekend, I want to post this poem by Billy Collins. I love this guy and his poetry so much. And nothing could express my feelings about Mother and Mother’s Day better.
The Lanyard – Billy Collins
The other day I was ricocheting slowly
off the blue walls
I am reminded today that most of my worries and strifes in life are not real, they are imagined. If I pay attention to this moment, this day, what is there to detract from its pleasure?
I mowed my acres today on a windy blue skied day, worked in my garden,