

Feeling? Alright.
There is so much going on. Good news, bad news. Crazy news, depressing news. So much news. It is heartening to see the internet do its...


Seeing the invisible
For the last two and a half weeks, I've been trying to get a picture of a red-headed woodpecker who has been visiting my birdfeeder. He's...


To every thing there is a season
I'll admit it: this week got me. And I have nothing to complain about. So far, I've been healthy, as have my family and friends. I've got...


The same old new normal
The news is grim, so far. The deaths: almost 70,000 worldwide. The infections: 1.27 million. Unemployment claims in the U.S. alone: 3.7...


The closest you can come for now
When peace is unattainable, strive for balance; it's the closest you can come for now.


Today...
Today, take a walk. Watch an old concert on TV. Start to read (or re-read) Dickens. Offer to get someone something at the grocery store,...


You already know what to do
I have spent the last couple of weeks cleaning up. An astrologer friend suggested it as a way to manage Mercury going retrograde, and I...


Help yourself by helping others
"These are the times that try men's souls," said Thomas Paine in 1776 (and the Kingston Trio in 1959). Indeed the times are trying once...


"Without consciousness, things go less well."
In his book, "On This Journey We Call Our Life," James Hollis quoted Carl Jung: The reason why consciousness exists, and why there is an...


Give yourself a break
This has been a busy week with all sorts of things -- family, friends, work, household, cars -- in the words of a very good, old friend,...
