I recently received an email from a self-proclaimed “fan” of my two books.  She told me she loved the yamas and niyamas and was enjoying the kleshas, that is until I mentioned Ruth Bader Ginsberg.  She was not a fan and was not appreciative that I had brought Ruth into my writing.  What is it […]

I’ve been paying extra attention to my thoughts lately.  Sure enough, the “January 1st syndrome” is back for another year.  This syndrome comprises all the future promises I am making to myself, which are really excuses for not paying attention to my life this month.  These thoughts go something like: “On January 1stthings are going to be different, so

I remember a particular walk with my mother.  In the middle of what I thought was a rather pleasant conversation, she abruptly stopped, looked at me and said, “You know, the problem with you is that you think everything can be solved by love.”   I was in my 20’s then, young and arrogant by my older

I admit it; I am an avid follower of any epic battle between good and evil.  So, the other night found me on the couch watching an episode of Merlin on Netflix.  In the episode I was watching, King Uther (not a real nice guy) was described as someone whose “hatred of magic had driven all the

I was in the laundromat the other day washing a bedspread.  The place was quiet.  As my eyes scanned the remodeling project in process, a sticker on the coin machine caught my eye.  On the sticker was a cartoonish character with a big grin and the words, “I live in my own little world, but it’s okay…they know

It’s been a long time since I posted; where have I been? The crux of my absence revolves around a bad fall I had while hiking.  Just like that the life I was living came to a halt. Was life trying to tell me something?  Or had I just been careless?  Either way, the result was the same.  A