Let’s Get This Straight…

I don’t take refugeIn the Democratic PartyThe Republican PartyOr this Friday night’s party I take refugeIn the Buddha who just turned 70The Dharma of InterbeingAnd the Sangha out in Fenton

Huzzah!

Life would be much more exciting if each of us left a trail of “little sparks of appreciation” along our way.–David Dunn, Try Giving Yourself Away In August of 2021 I finished my fifth major…

Chris Wallach

Some people are able to focus, laser-like, on one thing—athletes, musicians, scientists. For Chris Wallach, it’s mindfulness. It’s a gift. It’s a talent she’s deliberately cultivated over the last many years. It’s a whole set…

Friday 9 September 2022

… Later I’m back in New York sitting around with Irwin and Simon and Raphael and Lazarus, and now we’re famous writers more or less, but they wonder why I’m so sunk now, so unexcited…

Sempre Avanti

Dear CaterinaWhat I want— To mediate with you for 60 minutesAnd not a peep from me Our eyes closed I’ll silently chantA mantra to you, for you Quelle surprise … I missed youAnd often did…