There are times when I long for the country. Down the windy road, up the hill, into the forest, to a house surrounded by trees, with a view out over the water. No neighbors within sound. Nothing to do all day but hike up through the ferns and the moss or down along the creek …
I have this theory that cats only count to three. Knowing cats, they could probably choose to count higher than three but have, for whatever inscrutable cat reasons, decided that three is how high they will count. After three, numbers lose meaning for cats. One. Two. Three. Forever. When you go out of town for …
Yesterday I cleaned out my closet. People tell me that I bring stillness and calm and that is the image I try to bring. Nothing dramatic, a peaceful presence, neat and organized. I wrote recently about how I cultivate a calm, peaceful space in my office. Yet every one of my closets is overflowing with …
There are many things in this world that evoke the emotion of longing. Longing is not wanting. The wanting mind, like a child, is persistent and nagging and tugs at you, like a small nephew in a grocery where you’ve stopped to pick up last minute herbs for the Thanksgiving turkey, and sees a display …
Recently I have been cheating on Yoga with Tai Chi. I had been struggling with Yoga, expecting too much of myself, and it became a pressure war – why am I not better at this? Everyone can do this but me. I used to be better at this, before I sprained my ankle and took …
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