Been a rough week and the weekend hasn’t been any better. I’m not sure where I can look without finding a disaster. Europe – Russia’s aggression Continue Reading
Finding the Groove
I was asked by our local Indie paper, The Shepherd Express, to write an article about the Black String Triage Ensemble, a small group of local Black Continue Reading
Learning the Zen of Living in the Moment– from the Unlikeliest of Examples
It’s hot. News from all over is dismal. Everyone’s temper is short. Gas prices may have gone down but the price of everything else seems to have gone Continue Reading
Someone is Always in Your Corner
Sometimes depression creeps in when too much time is spent thinking about oneself. It’s like staring into a mirror until you can find a blemish. We Continue Reading
John Coltrane – Take Two: There are Enough Favorite Things for Everyone
The last time I wrote about John Coltrane the snow was falling here in Wisconsin – and no, it’s not 10 months out of the year. John Coltrane was born Continue Reading
Reflecting on the 4th of July
The Fourth of July can provide time for reflection. The words “O say can you see …the home of the free and the land of the brave” are from our Continue Reading
Acknowledging the Other
Awareness is a first step in our becoming human. Babies are aware of themselves when they cry for food or because of a dirty diaper. But they grow up Continue Reading
Be Aware
There have been many sensitive essays appearing on these pages discussing reaching out to others and taking care of oneself. I believe that they go Continue Reading
Caring Counts
More than two millenniums ago in ancient Greece, Aristotle observed that humans were social animals and needed human contact to remain healthy. There Continue Reading
Back to Basics
It’s getting rougher and tougher, hard to find something to make one happy. And my fallback suggestion about picking up litter and smiling at people Continue Reading
Laugh!
It came to me after staring at the blank laptop screen for the umpteenth time. And umpteenth is pretty much another way of saying “a lot.” I didn’t Continue Reading
Perspective and Perseverance
When I was a kid my cousins would occasionally let me tag along on their ski trips to the slopes of New England. I soon earned the dubious sobriquet Continue Reading
