I read a good novel while in rehab with a broken ankle recently. When I saw the following passage, I wrote it down, because it expresses...

A famous Zen koan asks, “Does a dog have a Buddha nature? The answer is Stop! – stop thinking. Brother David Stendl Rast says “stop!” as...

I was surrounded by love as I watched Westport’s Memorial Day parade this week. There was an outpouring of love for the nonagenarian...

It can make you even more depressed and anxious. After reading about the economic crisis in Brazil I couldn’t get the image out of my...

An osprey landed on my kitchen window ledge, less than two feet from my face. We looked at each other for at least a minute before s/he...

Our President-elect says to heal our partisan divide we need to view others not as enemies, but as opponents. Better: We must be...

Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death and the Senate Majority Leader’s pledge to bring a Supreme Court nominee to a vote make me anxious. I’m...

Coronavirus cases in the US reach new highs. Stimulus talks stall; millions may lose $600 weekly unemployment benefits soon. So much...

Of course you can meditate! (You do something like it all the time.) Trying gets In the way. I write this “Pandemic Musings” blog to...

Healing the racial divide and our societal sin of racism is accelerating beyond my fondest dreams. I’m hoping all this energy for change...

Just when demonstrations turned peaceful this week and the stock market improved, coronavirus cases surged in Florida, Texas, and...

Things are still pretty horrible this week! Yet there are signs of hope – order emerging from disorder. Young people joining older...

A 49-year-old man choked by police for more than eight minutes! Peaceful demonstrations and violent looting in major cities. Pandemic...

When I am at my most vulnerable, I'm sad about what I've lost with this pandemic. Some groups I've been involved with that gave my life...

This is so wise! A BLESSING OF IMPERMANENCE by Neil Douglas Klotz, PhD, Blessings of the Cosmos If you’re going to be anxious and rush...

In despair I read about Asian giant hornets suddenly found destroying honeybee hives in the Northwest. If these things get out of...