I cut out a Joseph Campbell saying a long time ago and its applicability to my life at any given time never ceases to amaze me: “We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” Joseph Campbell Yesterday, as the sun was setting I strolled down to the zen center to meditate and hear a talk by the Rev. Paul Haller,…
I’m coming around the bend again, she’ll be riding six white horses when she comes, when she comes, okay so that is not what is happening this time around, but I recognize all the dissonance that I am now on a first name basis with I take a step forward and get knocked to the left, knocked to the right, and I turn to do the hokey pokey only before I can return I’ve lost…
I wonder about lifetime warranties and what will happen to them as uncertainty and flux become more the norm. If you believe in a lifetime warranty, I have some swamp land I’d like to sell you.
Or are there? So yesterday I was driving and I had a conversation in my head that went something like this with my neighbor: Self: I was thinking about whether we should move to long term rentals up front and spoke with someone and they said that when people rent from you long term they tend to get very proprietary and very demanding. Neighbor: Well have you thought about getting a job? Self: I knew…
Remember The Secret, someone gave it to me when I had had foot surgery and was prone and had not a lot I could do but read. I read it and thought, ok, then someone gave me the video, and I watched it and thought ok. Game changer? I dunno. Then I started thinking back to it when I stumbled onto this or that. And lately reading about Steve Jobs and how he made manifest…
Anyone in New Orleans last night that didn’t stand lay in awe of mother nature and her majesty, you must have been anesthetized. It was, in a word, gnarly. You wake and the storm is still raging and you feel as if all routine must be put on hold to accommodate an unprepared for event – namely flooding streets, an electric light orchestra, pounding drums of thunder claps, and all the while you realize if…
3 doctor’s visits later: Long and short, DIAGNOSIS: alopecia areata, some patients have said intense emotional stress preceded the occurrence. PROGNOSIS: There is no known path, some recover hair in less than a year, some recover then lose again, some never recover, etc. Accompanied by thyroidism. PRESCRIPTION: My blood work yields low thyroid levels – hypothyroidism – we need to replace your thyroid, that butterfly organ (how appropriate). So pills, we’ll start at low dosage…
I have relied on the kindness of my friends to get me through most of my bad patches and this one is no different. A friend writes from New York: First, and most important: remember, bald women are sexy. Second, why are wigs for just the Black women? Rock it Lil’ Kim. But how about Lil’ Danger? … My wise friend Rachel told me: boredom is good, leads to change. Shaving my head and starting…
Da Capo By Jane Hirshfield Take the used-up heart like a pebble and throw it far out. Soon there is nothing left. Soon the last ripple exhausts itself in the weeds. Returning home, slice carrots, onions, celery. Glaze them in oil before adding the lentils, water, and herbs. Then the roasted chestnuts, a little pepper, the salt. Finish with goat cheese and parsley. Eat. You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin…