Surviving Mile 19

Surviving Mile 19

“Hitting the wall” is the term runners use to describe the moment when the bottom seems to fall out of their stamina, major exhaustion sets in, and doubt may surface about whether it’s even worth continuing. Statistically, it’s most likely to...

Blank is Beautiful

I learned the joy in blankness as I played with my new favorite toy—a “Buddha Board.” The device lets you channel your inner Chinese brush artist as you dip a thick brush into water and paint over the board. Then, as you watch, the water evaporates and the marks fade...

Seeding hope in late winter

I’m coping again with the mid-winter gloomies, when the dark skies, as well as the news, can get to me. Whatever is growing in me, ready to blossom later in the year, needs an infusion of inner light—more than I can get from the light box I sometimes use to help with...

Tradition and change belong together

When I was a child, “tradition” was not my middle name. Born in the fifties, I saw tradition as having to wear pointy-tipped Maidenform bras, being dragged to Sunday school to learn the rules of life from a meek, pasty-faced Jesus, or reading about exclusionary clubs...
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