Sounds Like Lindsey and Maria to Me
When someone asked a certain Zen Master how he was, he would always answer, “I’m okay.” Finally one of his students said, “Roshi, how can you always be okay? Don’t you ever have a bad…
Category: Friends
One Thing Leads to Another
I shared the following on Facebook… I would like to pass on one little bit of advice I give to every one. Relax. Just relax. Be nice to each other. As you go through your…
Note to a Friend alongside Copy of Ginsberg’s 1973 Poem “Yes and It’s Hopeless”
And so, if it’s (still) hopeless, 2019, all the more reason to cultivate garden, play with Dominic, work on yr Italian pronunciation, sing aloud Carole King songs, have CTSA reunions, host STN skull sessions, seek…
Recent Classes
Bob Dylan Approximately [Summer 2019] The Essential Edward Said [Summer 2019] An Introduction to Simone Weil: Concentration Is Consecration [Spring 2019] Ram Dass and Be Here Now: American Sadhana and the Search for the Real…
Share the Wealth with Avis Meyer: Seeing the World
Avis Meyer, professor emeritus, taught journalism, literature, editing, writing, and film classes at SLU, from 1974-2016. He was also the adviser to the school’s weekly student newspaper, The University News, during the same period. He…
Share the Wealth with Richa Gupta: Taking a Break
In my Share the Wealth, I will share why I took a break to reflect on my experiences and define my purpose after 5 years of working and growing in Corporate America, what triggered the…
Share the Wealth with Richa Gupta: Taking a Break
In my Share the Wealth, I will share why I took a break to reflect on my experiences and define my purpose after 5 years of working and growing in Corporate America, what triggered the…
Share the Wealth with Xavier Vincent and Wendy Lee
Wendy is a Saint Louis University alum, and Xavier is a French native. They met in Shanghai, where their lives were established. Last summer, they uprooted from their comfortable life to pursue their long-term travel…
Share the Wealth with Maggie Needham: From Treating Harry Potter as Sacred to Treating Each Other as Sacred
Last January, I started a discussion group based on one of my favorite podcasts, Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. This January, I was hired on by the podcast to help manage dozens of local…
Share the Wealth with J’Ann Allen–Entrusted with Poetry: From the Land of the Morning Calm
Sometime in early January I pulled out my collection of Korean poetry in translation and began reading, skimming is a more accurate description. Our granddaughter Michelle, three-fourths Korean, told me she wanted to take a…