Where Is My Guru? On Elephant Journal!
Hello Friends! We just wanted to make you wonderful supporters aware of a post about #WIMG on Elephant Journal. The power of social media is intense, and the future of social media can be scary in terms of misuse. In this article we explore the potential we...
Collage: a Theme Evolves
At a meeting of my small Artist's Way group last Sunday, we talked about why we value making art, be they stories, painted chairs or collages. One person said she had discovered that she likes herself when she is caught up in writing a story, laughing at her own...
Eve of Construction
In 1965, a protest song written by P. F. Sloan called "Eve of Destruction" sung by Barry McGuire hit the airwaves. It was a very profound and direct song for its time. I remember listening to it and wondering how we would ever get out of the mess we were in called...
108 Sun Salutations in Battery Park, The Origin of Dharma Talks and Why Yoga is Not About Being Perfect, this past Friday on Where is My Guru
"More than about strength or flexibility, yoga is a practice of cultivating our ability to connect." -Tias Little, founder of Prajna Yoga We are delighted to let you know about our wonderful show today, Friday September 9th at 11 am EST / 8 am PST / 9 am MST...
September Mourn: 2001- 2011
I wrote this poem right after September 11, 2001. It felt like my heart was ripped apart and 10 years later, the pain still feels so raw and exposed. I don’t understand that kind of hate. But today, I am reposting the last poem I wrote. Will I write another? I don’t...
The Fitting Room for teens
I met Furahi about six years ago at a women’s retreat that I attend every year in Connecticut. From the day she stepped into our Spiritual Babes group, Furahi has brought so much energy, fun and passion to our weekends in the country. When I am around her, I feel a...
Three Good Novels
I just finished A Good Hard Look (Penguin, 2011) by Ann Napolitano. Perhaps you've heard of it, since there has been a lot of buzz about a book daring to introduce writer Flannery O'Connor as a fictional character. But actually she is not on stage in this novel very...
Secrets of an Old Typewriter: Stories from a Smart and Sassy Small-Town Girl
Secrets of an Old Typewriter: Stories from a Smart and Sassy Small-Town Girl New book from Susie Duncan Sexton, guest of The Colin Lively Show, to be released September 21. Anyone who has ever lived in a small town certainly knows that secrets are sometimes not so...
Poetry as Balm for the Soul
I've been dealing with some eldercare problems related to my 92 year-old mother today. I found myself browsing through my poetry files. I wrote a lot of poetry when I was a teenager, and then again when I was about age 35 - 45, and just every once in awhile since...
