A Mindful Life

This has made the rounds, so I’ll join in. 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 23. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. Her pointed, lifted bow resembles a shark’s jaw and rides well in turbulent seas, keeping [...]

As an avid blogger and user of the Internet for ten years, I have marveled at the changes in information availability and social connection. Riding the wave of early adoption, I’ve been invited (and joined, out of curiosity) various Artificial Social Networks (ASNs) such as Friendster, Flickr, and Orkut. In each case, I’ve set up [...]

Dawn and her husband recently adopted a baby; she’s been writing about her thoughts throughout the process. It was an open adoption, and she has great respect for the birth mother, J. She made a comment that struck my fancy. It’s like J. is the noun mother and I am the verb mother. That little [...]

Zuly has a new blog project: My sister and I are working on a project for one of her classes, and we’re looking for images and ideas from people of all ideologies and faith backgrounds, and we’d like to know what you think about God. Leave your comments in this post, send us pictures (more [...]

Far from being a mystical retreat from the complexities of mental and emotional experience, the Buddhist approach requires that all of the psyche be subject to meditative awareness. It is here that the overlap with what has come to be called psychotherapy is obvious. Meditation is not world denying; the slowing down that it requires [...]

Kathryn Petro, ©2003 Summertime = good weather = vacation season, and this usually means more car travel. Here are some links to sites that provide tips for saner, safer driving. Car Talk, an NPR radio show hosted by the Magliozzi brothers, is a hilarious and instructive way to spend an hour. Their site has links [...]

I’ve been serenaded today by the Indigo Girls. They have such incredibly melodious voices and lyrics of substance. In particular, I’ve set the car CD player to repeat Southland in the Springtime. It’s kind of a lullabye, with a soft, meandering pace. Here’s the portion of the lyrics that spoke to me. Maybe we’ll make [...]

I started my private practice in August 2003, when I designed, coded, and wrote my professional website. Within a few weeks, I was receiving numerous inquiries. The practice took off at a speed I’d not anticipated, and I was greatly pleased. Since I was just starting out, I sub-leased an office a few evenings a [...]

Mysterious moon, Empress of the crimson tides, reflective lover. “Moonrise” by Sandi Duncan ©2002 /ephotograph.com

Ten years ago, I never would have envisioned being connected by computer to the lives of millions of people. As a librarian accustomed to ferreting out information manually and laboriously, I would have been agog at the concept of Google. To have the world of information at one’s fingertips and at an unbelieveable speed! Granted, [...]