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October 2021

October 04, 2021

The Gift of Immersion

Over the years, I’ve been humbled to discover, time and again, that when I feel...

September 2021

September 28, 2021

You Taught Me

When lost and unable to move, you came and rubbed my shoulders till my judgment...

September 20, 2021

The Café Life

I have always loved the café life where I can sit by the endless river...

September 13, 2021

For Keith Jarrett

Keith Jarrett is a legendary pianist and composer who is part of the pantheon who...

September 06, 2021

The Inside of Jade

As ancient Buddhists drank tea to prevent drowsiness during epic mediations, we drink of each...

August 2021

August 30, 2021

As He Lay There

When my father was close to death, we were stripped of our history. I sat...

August 23, 2021

Spiritual Fluency

Our utter devotion to whatever is before us reveals the nearest detail as a doorway...

August 16, 2021

As a Tuning Fork

Early on, I realized that being a poet was mostly about being an awake human...

August 09, 2021

The Garden in Our Heart

I believe there is a garden in our heart where some part of everyone we’ve...

August 02, 2021

At the Fair

Hundreds of artists sharing what they’ve been driven to create. No one knows why, but...

July 2021

July 26, 2021

Under the Snow

Across the years, my drift into understanding has been like a hawk descending in glide,...

July 19, 2021

The Tone in the Center of the Bell

No matter where you look— near, far, up, down, out or in— there is a...

July 12, 2021

We Carry A Great Matter

Once we grasp the essence of another, we have an obligation to honor and carry...

July 05, 2021

For Tu Fu

It was the spirit of Tu Fu from the Tang Dynasty who gave me strength...

June 2021

June 28, 2021

The Work of Care

I’m not sure I can help but my heart wants to try. Oh, I...

June 21, 2021

The Craft of Perception

The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their...

June 14, 2021

Inside Why

Violins are falling from the sky. As they tumble, the wind releases deep music. This...

June 06, 2021

The Great Waters

In the beginning, I thought I was going somewhere. I thought we all were. But...

May 2021

May 31, 2021

Care Unto Care

In 1689 in Japan, a kind farmer gave the lost poet Basho a horse that...

May 24, 2021

View at Seventy

I’m standing on a bridge near the top of a mountain, looking back at the...

May 17, 2021

The Path of Lasting Friendship

The deep irony of my life as a teacher is that I travel all over...

May 10, 2021

Foundational Moments

When not doing well, when full of doubt or pain or worry, when unable...

May 03, 2021

In Your Hand

I know you can only see red right now through the cut in your...

April 2021

April 26, 2021

Drinking There

No matter how many conversations I start, they all end with me kneeling at the...

April 19, 2021

It Only Gets More Real

In the way that erosion makes every face in nature more elemental, everything we go...

April 12, 2021

Inside the Pandemic

Now that we can’t touch, I am awash with all the ways that touch sustains...

April 05, 2021

Dropping the Scale

Like everyone, I was taught that justice is blind, then given a scale to weigh...

March 2021

March 29, 2021

In Those Moments

Sometimes, after she falls and before she gets up, she takes a deep breath. And...

March 22, 2021

Resilience

Somehow, when I face what is mine to face and empty myself of all that...

March 15, 2021

The Blessing of the Ordinary

In a moment of exhaustion, my mind was too tired to keep weaving its web...

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