Be gentle enough

Like a fawn, the tiny girl stands nearby and says nothing. She watches it all and still stays silent, safe Continue reading →

Why Do It?

Practicing simple meditation eases pain—physical, mental and spiritual pain. Meditating means sitting in silence. I learn how to let my Continue reading →

Meditation # 2. Under the Lilacs

I kneel in soft, long grass. Sweet bushes arch overhead. The lilac scent colors the quiet like puffs of magical Continue reading →

Meditation #1. The Holy Spring

Sheep wander around me, slow round puffs with faces. An Irish mountainside slopes up to gnarled crags. The sea moves Continue reading →

Singing Hope

[Part II of “Inner Rooms”] If I were singing the poem of my husband’s life, I’d sing of his laughing Continue reading →

Mama’s Secret Smile

April 23, 2010 Two weeks ago I watched my mother die. She was 87. Old people die, but this terminal Continue reading →

The Sounds I Cannot Hear

What if I mattered? What if sin, time and death don’t exist? What do the dying see that we do Continue reading →

What’s Left Afterwards? Life as a Sand Mandala

Imagine Leonardo da Vinci’s face after someone splashes acid on the Mona Lisa. Imagine an old man whose two middle-aged Continue reading →