What Makes A Good Life?
The OECD Better Life Index ranks many attributes, including, shown here, Life Satisfaction. I stumbled across an unbelievable combination of informations today on the internets (Thank you, Twitter!),...
View ArticleA Motto to Live By
I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m someone who believes in the power of mantras, words to focus on to redirect one’s thoughts. In fact, all the chapter headings in my book are the actual words I...
View ArticleIn California, the Vague Becomes Clear
A glass of pinot and some clarity, in California. (Arista Winery, Sonoma) I am being coddled at the moment, as I am currently in Sonoma Valley (at the Mighty Summit), enjoying wine and the company of...
View ArticleWhither Wisdom
Sunset on Lake Lila, Zack in his superhero pose, me, behind the camera, in awe that I made it Through. Adirondacks, 2011. I am mulling. I guess this is seasonally appropriate, since fall is (maybe?...
View ArticleHow Do You?
How do you manage an impossible decision? How do you sort between two options you know will leave you unsatisfied or heartbroken? How do you find the strength to unseat plans made and throw your life...
View ArticleDays Like These
Getting ready for good-bye. My boyfriend is packing up his belongings today, preparing to move out of my apartment. This is not news either of us is particularly excited about. It feels terribly...
View ArticleWhat Is Within My Silence?
The view from here. November 12, 2015 I have always lived in chaos. It’s what I was born to, first of all: a dramatic and dynamic mother, a total whirlwind of personality, charm and presence whose mind...
View ArticleThe In Betweens
So I finished my first draft of a book outline — and not surprisingly, it’s not quite good yet. No, truly. That’s my agent talking, not just me. And it’s been enough weeks since I finished it, that I...
View ArticleLayers of Endings
The falls at Beacon. April, 2016 In my life, very few shifting events—those decisive moments when life goes from This to That—unfold in a solo way, happening all by itself. I seem to get disruptions in...
View ArticleIt Hurts
[Ed note: TL;DR, but I just had to articulate for myself what I’ve been feeling.] As someone on a Buddhist path, I am friends with suffering. By being able to reorient myself to know—to truly, deeply...
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