
The Christmas Seed
It is dark and getting darker. Under the snow is bitter ice, and under that, brown earth. I remember standing Continue reading
It is dark and getting darker. Under the snow is bitter ice, and under that, brown earth. I remember standing Continue reading
It’s the hardest Christmas ever. This year mere darkness seems trivial. Hundreds of thousands are sick and dying, and the Continue reading
It’s how these things so often happen. Early on a Monday morning in about 1979, after I had finished meditating, Continue reading
Things seem a shambles. Outside, I question if democracy is worth it. Fire deaths, atrocities, shootings and massive hardship blare Continue reading
Two women bend over the bed. The room is dark. They stretch like dancers towards his face, reaching to touch Continue reading
Practicing simple meditation eases pain—physical, mental and spiritual pain. Meditating means sitting in silence. I learn how to let my Continue reading
I kneel in soft, long grass. Sweet bushes arch overhead. The lilac scent colors the quiet like puffs of magical Continue reading
Sheep wander around me, slow round puffs with faces. An Irish mountainside slopes up to gnarled crags. The sea moves Continue reading