How to live consciously

September 14, 2026
To live consciously is to stop moving through life on autopilot. Which we often do. Living consciously means noticing where our attention goes, what we are saying yes to, and whether the life we are living actually reflects what matters to us. It means being present enough to hear our own...

Searching for fall in the Canadian Rockies

September 28, 2011
We're flying to Vancouver this morning, where we'll catch this train. For two days we'll wind around the Canadian Rockies, enjoying stunning vistas through a...

Are we really a Christian nation?

September 27, 2011

Menopause education, courtesy of Kathy Griffin

September 27, 2011
THIS POST CONTAINS GROWNUP CONTENT.COVER YOUR EYES IF THIS STUFF OFFENDS YOU. I have a taste for women comics who go over the edge. Of good taste, that is. So I'm a fan...

Best writer’s line ever

September 26, 2011
The Writers Garden / Kathleen Elsey A writer-friend told me she saw Dorothy Allison being interviewed on a panel. She was asked what she does when characters closely...

Cursive: fast becoming a lost art

September 26, 2011
Sir, more than kisses,letters mingle souls;for, thus friends absent speak.-John Donne, poet Cursive as we know it, or almost, anyway, goes back to the 17th century,...

Save trees fools

September 25, 2011
God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.-John Muir Colorado...

Keats

September 25, 2011
The poetry of the earthis never dead.-John...

The earth is a living thing

September 25, 2011
The earth is a living thing,the mountains speak.the trees sing.Lakes can think,pebbles have a soul,rocks have power.-John "Fire" Lame Deer, Lakota...

How to know you’re in love

September 25, 2011
This is the best feeling in the world.Oh, and note the small print in the lower right.Image: Curly Girl...

Starbucks Rant Song

September 24, 2011
So, should he have been fired for this...

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