Serene Solitude Supports
Serene solitude supports… sublime silky silence sustains… I love the soft sibilance of these sounds, which still satisfy me, as I bask in the afterglow of my annual camping trip with women friends. This year we were way away from it all, and it was nourishing, rejuvenating, restorative, heart and eye-opening. I am not a...
Fear, Fledging, Flying
Fear, Fledging, Flying — this trilogy occurred to me as I was watching the “teen-age” Great Blue Herons in the colony just outside our window. What incredible bodies they have! To think they grow from an egg to all but full-sized in a couple of months! I don’t know if herons feel fear. But when...
Age is just a number
Age is just a number and aging is a huge opportunity! It’s been said that we are only as old and we feel. This sweet Chinese grandpa and his granddaughters video is a heartwarming example 🙂 This first version is what I assume is the original Chinese. Someone had dubbed in Stayin’ Alive and that’s fun too...
What about Enlightenment?
What about Enlightenment? Pretty potent topic, eh? Steven Pinker, tackles it big time! Check out this recent TED talk, based on his book Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress. Good news, perhaps startling to many of us, especially progressives, is that there are many reasons to be encouraged about the state...
Music Is Good for the Soul
Music is good for the soul, the spirit, our health. This we know. Even Plato said as much! And here’s Leonard Bernstein’s take on music: “Music, of all the arts, stands in a special region, unlit by any star but its own, and utterly without meaning … except its own.” Recently I had occasion to...
