I've seen this graphic image with the word COEXIST (written in metaphysical symbols) for decades, but it never really sank in with me the way it did as I worked on a long thread I posted to Twitter. It's tangential to my consciousness studies of the past 50 years, the past 28 of which have been … [Read more...]
On Writing: Deborah Levy and John Freeman
This post began as part punishment and part practice to recount my experience listening to author Deborah Levy and editor John Freeman at a live event here in Santa Fe. If we told our lives as we really feel them…no one would be bored. — Deborah Levy I've been working on a few writing … [Read more...]
Favorite Things: Writing and Resting
The cool think about getting older is the ability to learn about myself. More especially, to get quicker and smarter about how to manage my moods and push a reset when life doesn't feel so good. Here is a simple formula: When I am tired it's much easier to get cranky and want to blame others for … [Read more...]
Joining BlogHer for a Decade of Blogging
Woohoo! BlogHer celebrates a decade and this month I am honoring them, you, and me by attempting to blog once a day for the 31 magical days in July. I started this here blog in 2004. I had started numerous other blogs as early as 2001 - does anyone remember "OneWord" - the Apple product? Some … [Read more...]
Maya Angelou and Me, On Being Human
"The same issues that face and beleaguer every human being in the world and still do, have beleaguered me and still do. So that the challenge for me to meet you this morning, to get up, defy gravity; to stand erect and to remain erect, and to be absolutely present with you so that everything I know … [Read more...]
The Preciousness of Paper
Here is an excerpt from my writing practice, the "morning pages" that I have adopted recently and which I am doing the old-fashioned way, with paper, pen, and a book. A book by the way, that is interlaced with Rumi quotes. (On Amazon: The Poetry of Rumi Illustrated Journal J1-RUM The paper in … [Read more...]