Are “feet of clay” really just human flaws?

June 24, 2026
Surprise, surprise. Deepak Chopra was an Epstein buddy. Cesar Chavez raped women and minors. Many big names appear in the files in what seem to be incriminating ways. Powerful men and yes, women, too, overlooked, ignored or even took part in nefarious activities. Horrific things happened....

Lessons from over-squeezing an orange

February 27, 2013
The trick is always to recognize the lesson, right? That's the hard part. And it's not just people; it can also be situations. Life is always evolving and we...

Promise yourself

February 26, 2013
This is the Optimist Creed, in use by Optimist...

Take paradise, chase off seals & swim

February 26, 2013
Seals congregate to rest and relax near La Jolla Cove, just like tourists.  But this is the seals' beach, and has been for more than 100 years.  It's their...

Sing me to sleep

February 25, 2013
Did your mother sing you to sleep when you were a baby?  I don't remember if mine did or not,  although if she did, it would be memorable, since she couldn't...

Detachment

February 24, 2013
    Detachment is a tool. It's not a life. We can only float away and witness our pain body for so long before we have to come back down into the temple and...

Just live fully

February 24, 2013
Go placidly amid the noise and haste  and remember what peace there may be in silence.* Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.* If you...

Living more dangerously

February 24, 2013
La Jolla Cove, February 2013 I felt... (in such an ordered existence) something amiss.... ...the fever in my blood asked for a wilder course.  There seemed to...

Life gd words

February 24, 2013

Pelican

February 24, 2013

Swiss chard & caramelized onion recipe

February 23, 2013
Red Swiss chard has been appearing in our organic box with great regularity. My ex-husband used to make a delicious chard dish with Marsala wine. But he must have...

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