What is the best sympathy gift for the loss of a loved one?

October 7, 2020
sympathy-gift
When someone I care about has lost a loved one I want to honor them with a thoughtful and unique sympathy gift. Something more than flowers or a charitable donation. A...
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Why you should respect but not fear looking within

October 5, 2020
looking-within
If you had asked me months ago if I thought looking within was challenging I'd have said "absolutely not!" Well, not so damn fast. I'm in my hometown, 2,500+ miles...
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10 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Soul School

Connecting with the origins of cruelty

September 28, 2020
cruelty
The cruelty in the world is unbearable to those of us who feel things deeply. Personal and societal, it's all the same. Cruelty is cruelty. More often than not, cruelty...
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6 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Soul School

What if you lost your life’s work?

September 21, 2020
What if you'd spent 20 years as an artist and writer whose evocative words and accompanying art touched such a chord they brought you an international following? What...
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22 Comments · Blog, Reviews

The river in us all

September 14, 2020
politics-of-fear
The river that flows in you also flows in me. ~Kabir While I understand the politics of fear intellectually, it is very hard to understand how many in our country have...
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6 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Blog, Soul School

The one, the only, the amazing…

September 4, 2020
Let me introduce you to an amazing guy. This man provides the foundation for my life. He is, to cut to the chase, amazing. I have known him since he was 21 years old...
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20 Comments · Blog, Travel

My life in quarantine

August 31, 2020
quarantine
This has been my view from my life in quarantine, from my seat at the desk in my two-room accommodations at a Residence Inn in Rochester, NY. That's my car, at which I...
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Why we should ban tackle football

August 24, 2020
ban-football
This is another post written BC--Before Covid. But with so much time on our hands, why not talk about something other than our situation. And of course, it's unlikely...
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8 Comments · Reviews

The new normal and yes, some of the old, too. Or at least w...

August 16, 2020
Is this the new normal? Blogging now from our hometown of Rochester, NY, where we've decided to wait out the pandemic. After a promising early experience with...
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The examined life in a time of isolation

August 10, 2020
examined-life
The unexamined life is not worth living, Socrates said, famously. I say the examined life can be hell. But truth is, it's the only way I can live. It ain't for...
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4 Comments · Blog, Soul School

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