by Lynda | Apr 28, 2015 | Building Community, Ecology & Earthly Matters, Everyday Living, Spirituality & Faith
“Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now.” – Eckhart Tolle It’s mulberry season at my house. These elongated...
by Lynda | Apr 21, 2015 | Aging, Art, Literature & Film, Building Community, Everyday Living, Healthy Choices, Life, Death & the Supernatural, Spirituality & Faith
Some children are climbers. Some are jumpers. I am both. Or used to be. I climbed everything in sight, then jumped just because I could. Peering over the edge of a cliff was great fun. When you’re a child, life is like that. Maneuvering is easy: mountains, fences,...
by Lynda | Apr 13, 2015 | Building Community, Everyday Living, Healthy Choices, Spirituality & Faith
“I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.” John Steinbeck, The Winter of Discontent Yesterday, I dropped my phone. I dropped the napkins, the forks, and the spoons. I dropped almost everything I carried, except the three glasses of...
by Elizabeth O'Brien | Apr 9, 2015 | Art, Literature & Film, Everyday Living, Guest Writers, Healthy Choices, Life, Death & the Supernatural
Armadillo By Elizabeth O’Brien, LPC-S I was already feeling fragile, having slept fitfully, rattled by disturbing dreams. Some part of me couldn’t shake a feeling of dread. I forced myself into my morning ritual, firing up my iPad, New York Times app, coffee by my...
by Lynda | Apr 6, 2015 | Building Community, Everyday Living, Healthy Choices, Human Rights, Spirituality & Faith
The Easter Bunny’s job is done. His work finished, much like Santa’s is on Christmas morning. He now walks in the ethers of our secular world without much to do until next Spring. Today is Easter Monday, Bright Monday, or New Monday (take your pick of...
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