A Mindful Life

My buddy Chad explains why he is no longer a Republican, referring to an article, which I have excerpted quotes from.
‘The Republican Party does not have the head count to elect a president without the support of religious conservatives,’ Falwell said at an election training conference of the Christian Coalition. …’You cannot be [...]

Dave of MacRaven makes an observation that hadn’t occurred to me.
I couldn’t even exist as a dhimmi in an Islamic state: as a Heathen, I’d be forced to convert or be killed. The subservient dhimmi status only applies to “People of the Book”, i.e. Christians and Jews. Kaffirs like me – well, the Koran recommends [...]

I didn’t know about this until my fiancé called a few minutes after it happened.
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 has struck Central California and it was felt from Santa Ana to Sacramento, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
[via Associated Press Wire]
He called to report from work in Mountain View that the [...]

Luminous, alive,
this delicate orange flower
stirs my soul with joy.

“Life within a Flower” by Leola Broussard ©2003 / ephotograph

But Mr. Islam’s expulsion from the US shows how ill-equipped the Bush administration still is – three years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 – to ferret out the real terrorists from the quirkier followers of a religion that is increasingly the target of Islamophobes. For Muslims like me who have worked tirelessly to [...]

Is this Medusa
made manifest, petrified?
Wild curves wave upward…

©2003 / LP

This blog has reached 15,000 visitors. As promised, I’m offering a gift to that person. Below is the information from my stats.

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Hmmm.
Puzzled and angry at being barred from the United States, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens returned to London on Thursday vowing to find out why.
–News from The Associated Press
Interesting. I heard him speak in 1984 (85?) at Syracuse University. From the information available, it seems Yusuf Islam’s mission in life is [...]

I found Siona’s reflection provoking, and it made sense. I had difficulty choosing which part to excerpt, so I quoted most of it.
I’ve written before here about my interior wrestlings with the purpose and privilege of this journal. Why do I write? It is for myself that I settle down each evening, to release [...]