Waiting

Robb and I are waiting for the surgery person to come and get him for collarbone surgery. He broke it mountain biking yesterday. It needs surgery for it to heal properly. I’m his companion, driver and entertainer. He is in pain. Of course he is. We’re on...

The New Year

New year’s resolutions are usually abandoned by February. Gym owners and Weight Watchers meetings know this. There is another way to think about a new beginning. As we are taught the basics of meditation practice, whenever we find ourselves drifting off during a...

Today in October

I’m still swimming without a wetsuit in Lake Washington, even into October because it is so warm. The air is full of smoke so this morning I won’t meet a friend at the water’s edge. Maybe tomorrow. We say that a lot to each other, maybe tomorrow. I...

From Jack Kornfield

As I learn of the shootings in Texas, and the murders in Buffalo last week, and in every week of this year, I am yet again dumbstruck! I feel an ocean of tears and compassion for so many who have been killed, harmed, and those left behind who have lost children and...

My brother on Valentine’s Day

On Monday brother number two called to tell me that Dave, our oldest sibling, had died. He suffered from Alzheimer’s for several years and had been living in a memory care facility. When I called Dina, his wife, she said he hadn’t recognized her for the...