Dear Bella Levenshteyn The last twenty minutes I’ve been staring into space Above the computer screen After reading the notes you sent me From your mother’s recollections of Russia When you visited her recently in…
She asked me,”Hey Shimmelstoy Are you headed to Mississippi To see Thich Nhat Hanh?” “Naw, ” I said “I already see him twice a week When I’m with Chris Wallach”
Back then we did shots Of Liquid Cocaine Feasted on the dishes At Little Saigon Café Talked about Red Warren’s All the King’s Men You gave me an authentic George W. Bush doll
Several of us have been meeting weekly at a friend’s home on DeMun in a class, “Expanding the Heart: The Practice of Gratitude.” We’re keeping gratitude journals. Here’s a recent entry from mine. Thank you,…
It’s easy to be in the present moment With Anne Fitzgerald I want to listen I want to be receptive I want to assure her That Jesus was right: You, Annie Fitzgerald, are the light…
1. In the early days of the Cuban Revolution Che Guevara received a letter from a woman in Spain Her name, too, was Guevara She was curious to find out if they were related He…
The Huffington Post calls her “The Sunshine Goddess,” But I just call her Anne-Margaret And she is the reason I read the Bhagavad Gita. She told me once that her job as a yoga teacher…
You told me everything Bella Levenshteyn So I’ll tell you: I am full of wonder Love and gratitude For your multitudinous yous Your charming you Your depraved you You back against the wall you Your…
Dear Bella Levenshteyn As I continue going through my basement piles and stacks I came across the following Which fell out of a file I hadn’t looked through In many years Seems even back in…
One morning at Café Osage She told me all about it How she had been so enthralled Totally mesmerized by her Smart Phone It was her life-line Her axis mundi It increased her efficiency It…