A Mindful Life

I just got a phone call from a co-worker. Some miscreant(s) broke into our office in the south bay and stole stuff (I think one item was our server). Fortunately I have the agency laptop that was recently donated to us here at home with me.
Consider this: about 90 percent of the tenants in the [...]

I am approaching the end of my service term and have reached a crossroads. What to do next weighs on my mind, since I am attempting to move in what I perceive as opposite directions: starting a family or pursuing my career transformation (since I gave up my therapy profession when I relocated). These tasks [...]

The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosives and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill, and suspicion can destroy. And a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of [...]

be cool, fool
you have to accept this
reality
whether you
sit at a punch press all day or
whether you
work in a coal mine or
whether you come home
exhausted from a cardboard box factory
to find
3 kids bouncing dirty tennis balls
against the walls of a
2 room flat as
your fat wife sleeps while
the dinner burns
away.
you have to accept this
reality
which includes enough nations [...]

This evening Husband and I will be attending a performance by the Shady Shakespeare Theatre Company. We’ll see The Taming of the Shrew (and Husband said he’s going to take notes — ha!).
Two years ago we saw Hamlet there. We had just arrived and several friends invited us (we were six in total). I was [...]

He has brightened many a moment for me.
I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don’t even invite me.
–Dave Barry

Due to technical difficulties, the movie I planned to see this evening was cancelled. So I came home and had dinner with my husband. I was disappointed, but there will be another time. However, do not purchase tickets online for this move at the link I provided. Apparently there was a misunderstanding and the ticket [...]

On September 16, Hands On Bay Area has several fun and easy volunteer projects that also help your community! We need your help. Check these out (the project names are links):
LEND A HAND with the “We Can” Expo (San Jose)
The “We Can” EXPO provides an opportunity for nonprofit & community organizations to receive in-kind donations [...]

An interesting article! Do read (link provided below) and if you’re inclined, share your opinion in the comments.
The fact that music is universal across cultures and has been part of human life for a very long time-archeologists have found musical instruments dating from 34,000 BC, and some believe that a 50,000-year-old hollowed-out bear bone from [...]