Day of the Dead: Here’s to the ones that we’ve

October 31, 2020
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The Mexican Day of the Dead is actually several days, during which loved ones who have transitioned are honored with altars, offerings and visits to the cemetery. During...
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Dreams die hard

October 26, 2020
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Walking down the hall in my temporary hotel quarters in my hometown, a discarded star on the carpet caught the light and my attention. It's been there for at least...
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Walking the sacred path with friends who stick like glue

October 19, 2020
This is for Michael, Gregory, Bonnie, Michele, Scott, bestie Lee, Maui girls Susan and Alice, Cheri, Joanne, MaryLou and for my beloved Marilyn, who is now on the other...
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I am not writing about you. Or I am.

October 16, 2020
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“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.” Every writer I know...
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How the threat of fascism was the root of one man’s p...

October 12, 2020
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What kind of world do we want to leave our children and grandchildren? And how do we communicate our values to them? What are we teaching our children when there are...
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Why you should respect but not fear looking within

October 5, 2020
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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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Connecting with the origins of cruelty

September 28, 2020
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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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The river in us all

September 14, 2020
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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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The examined life in a time of isolation

August 10, 2020
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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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It’s got to be a wakeup call

July 10, 2020
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It's always so bizarre and really, a wake-up call, to talk about Trump with people who get their view of our world through Fox. Or, as those who understand what news...
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