A Mindful Life

You’ve always imagined a box full of ideas. It would sit on your desk and hold all of your random ideas, great things you’d read, references you knew you’d need someday, just who knows when. It would all be there: that thing Helen Keller said and that half-idea floating between solid thoughts about ‘To The [...]

How difficult it is to translate fully the poetry of one language into the poetry of another. Yet it is only interpreting the ideals of one part of the earth to the people of another part of the same earth. How much more difficult, then, it must be to translate or to interpret the ideals [...]

Jen explains some ground rules about life in Boston. Apparently many residents need to develop better time management and social skills. If you do not meet the criteria in #1, I might let you cut in front of me anyway, but only if you were the next person behind me to begin with, and only [...]

I’m taking another excursion into San Francisco tomorrow to meld minds with Tish. Like a little kid, I’m all excited as I anticipate the train ride up there. I’ve always enjoyed train rides. This evening I went to a question and answer meeting at The Centre for Living With Dying, where I believe I have [...]

Visit Chad. It’s a crash course in one of the origins of our vocabulary. And it’s fun to read.

Dave, author of MacRaven, clarifies his position first iterated in this post. Since I posted an excerpt that generated some discussion, I wanted to provide follow-up. What I didn’t mean to imply was that Islam should be banned or immigration restricted on the basis of religion. We can’t ride this thing out by becoming like [...]

There’s a book review over at Daily Kos of Lakoff’s book, Don’t Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate — The Essential Guide for Progressives. Kos’ post provides an excerpt which explores how different conceptualizations of family can explain the gulf between conservatives and liberals. It’s an excellent review. It also [...]

Siona started it, and I’m glad she did. What I’m about to post is lots of food for thought, and since I’ve not digested it all, I only present the material. Siona has been thinking and writing about metaphors and how integrated they are in language, how they shape our worldview and actions. In their [...]

There’s been some discussion on a recent post regarding Islam and culture. My inbox just received an op/ed article that I found so compelling that I am posting here in its entirety. I suppose it will add more fuel to the fire, but I lit it, so I may as well tend to it responsibly. [...]

Well, next week my life will again be infused with the discipline of a schedule. Yes, I got a job! My private practice was part-time (though growing until circumstances changed), so this will require a shift in mental and physical behavior. I’ve been hired to work as a bookseller for a major bookstore chain. I’ve [...]