A Mindful Life

Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God’s final word on where your lips end.
–Jerry Seinfeld

The writer in me is hibernating, I think. I come to this blog with the intention to write and instead find myself wordless and frozen. I consider writing about my day, but everything I do is so mundane I can’t bring myself to typing the details. Who wants to read about how I arranged the [...]

This is one of the last photos I took over at the old house. While our new home is very nice, it does not get the abundant sunlight all over as the other did. I miss that.

Newsweek has an excellent article on depression and men. The excerpts below actually apply to depression in general, and the articles are worth reading regardless of gender.
For decades, scientists believed the main cause of depression was low levels of the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine. Newer research, however, focuses on the nerve cells themselves and how [...]

My body is no longer my own. It contains a
sprout like a fiddlehead fern frond, curled
inward on itself.
Microscopic cells mystically multiply
with fervor, their intention known only
to themselves.
While I breathe, while I sleep, whether
I churn like a river or remain a placid lake,
this body has
It’s own mission. Summer is coming.

There are big changes slowly emerging on the horizon, and in response I’ve been paring down obligations. One of those is a decision to “go on sabbatical” as a project leader with Hands On Bay Area and to release my involvement with a couple of projects. Perhaps my stint working for them last year burned [...]

I’ve been on a reading binge. In the past 13 days I have read 1600 pages. The second novel I just finished yesterday was The Mists of Avalon. In between reading sessions I’ve unpacked my books and finished unpacking the office. The guest room is almost totally clear of boxes, and lots of items were [...]

Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.
–Aristotle

love is a place
& through this place of
love move
(with brightness of peace)
all places
yes is a world
& in this world of
yes [...]

This is so sweet, especially the part with the duet. More information at Raven’s Wing Studio.