A Mindful Life

I’m posting this as a reminder to myself that small-scale decisions and efforts remain the ingredients of the whole. I’m not going to give up, despite my discouragement. There is something about life that, little by little, makes us forget all that is good. This can happen to anyone… and so we must look for [...]

From The New York Times: Waiting for a President: If he is going to succeed at achieving anything of substance, the next president will have to help the nation reach some new place where elected officials expect that rewards can be won from cooperation and mutual respect. Right now, we are in the peculiar position [...]

Crabby has a new family member. Being a crazy cat lady myself (and sensing I might have been a cat in a previous lifetime, if such exists), I rejoice with her. This little nugget articulates my experience precisely: The beauty of cats takes my breath away. The pleasure I gain from their appearance, grace and [...]

To find Leonard Peltier on my ballot as a presidential candidate. I thought it was the Leonard Peltier, and I was right. Several coworkers I spoke with had no clue as to who he is. If I’d not had a ten-year friendship with a Navajo whose family members had been loosely associated with the American [...]

The real damage is done by those millions who want to “survive.” The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don’t want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won’t take measure of their own strength, for fear of [...]