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A Tale for Us All
Ruth Ozeki’s new novel, “A Tale for the Time Being”, is a brilliant modern time journey, told across a landscape of ocean waves, quantum physics, Buddhist monasteries, and portend crows.
“To Boston with Love” is touching my heart, daily
Quilters from around the world show their compassion for the people of Boston in the wake of the marathon bombings.
Six Days
A steep learning curve for the author results in life-saving techniques for learning how to let go of a loved-one’s self-destruction.
We Love “Our” Stuff Too Much
People can, and often are, attached to objects that have zero monetary value. The three sentence letter my grandfather wrote me about his pocket watch a few years before he died wouldn’t get me a single slice of bread in a trade.
The Hermit Chronicles: Cup of Conversation
Lost is good, it’s when I find places that appear on the horizon of experience, places that are exciting, painful, and perhaps enlightening. Being lost and alone sounds terrible, but these are exciting lands. I pass by many and varied road signs that point the way out.
The Country Diary of a Victorian Lady
More than ever this spring, I get it….why “In spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” Why we celebrate, with a twinkle in our eyes and a full, light heart, the “birds and the bees, and the flowers and the trees” of spring, glorious spring.
Trailer Park Poet – Part 3
An attempt to describe the journeys of my life, the ones I’ve escaped to help others. – The trailer park series is an attempt to touch the heart of what it means to be a woman hearing these words, and the journey out of them.
Making A Difference: Katie Mogan Graham – Global Mothers
A Life As A Human Interview: We believe that every product has a story, and that this story should be told. Global Mothers works with NGOs in the Global South, helping artisans design and make fair trade products for women and children in North America. We are committed to sharing the stories of our artisans with our customers, and vice versa. Help artisans in the Global South care for their families and communities by choosing to Buy Good.
Alzheimer’s Self
Moments like that made me question the entire narrative I had about the past. And memory. And time. I have had a few similar experiences during meditation, but for some reason, the shifting in the flesh and blood of my grandfather seemed more startling.
Trailer Park Poet – Part 2
Through my life as a person who lived in poverty, there were terms that frequented my life like, trash, useless and disposed of. The trailer park series is an attempt to touch the heart of what it means to be a woman hearing these words, and the journey out of them.
