Chris
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 several years. It’s a whole set…
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Lessons in Teaching by Erin
Erin recently started teaching as an adjunct professor at SLU, and gave me permission to share this. Teaching has been a very humbling experience. There have been many times I have felt insecure about…
What I Believe by Carol Wright
Carol shared this with me at our discussion at Cafe Ventana on Swami Prabhavananda’sThe Sermon on The Mount According to Vedanta… What I believe (or think I believe or feel I believe) that there is some…
Share the Wealth with Jason Makansi: Writing the Journey to the Center: Ethnic Delinquency, Young Adult Activism, Professional and Fiction Writing, and the Lifelong Struggle to Get What’s on the Inside to the Outside
It’s a great time to be half-Greek and half-Syrian! Never has my heritage been so aligned with the headlines. One country is the poster child for global economic failure, the other for geopolitical failure. Every…
Two Pages
Your book arrived today, just a few days after I ordered it on Amazon (and on a Sunday no less!) It looks beautiful and I couldn’t be happier for you I opened up to the…
Share the Wealth with Celine Dammond–Disability: Where Did It Come From and What Does It Mean?
What is the first image in your mind when you hear the word, “disability”? Take that image and imagine that disability can touch people anywhere, at any time, without boundaries. It is a part of…
Because We Say So
Dear Kelley, I’m delighted that you inquired about where to start with reading Noam Chomsky. I look forward to discussing Hegemony or Survival with you in a couple of weeks. Back in 1986—those horrid years…
My Relationship with the Dictionary by Claire Peterson
Last night in the Dear Layla Writing class, we considered the themes of “Words” and “Reading” as we read aloud part of the Lexicon and Reading series in my novel. Claire Peterson wrote the following…
Share the Wealth with Tony Albrecht: Quit Your Job. Save the World.
Hi, I’m Tony, and Share the Wealth this week will be me making a case for why quitting your job could help save the world. Yes, I may not know you, but more than 80%…