Dearest– We are all devoted, says the title of this edition of Reflections. We are all devoted to something. Some of us are clearly devoted to things we wish we weren’t. A cigarette after meals. Checking our phones compulsively. Having sex when we really don’t feel like it, even with committed partners, but we feel […]
I am not fully healed. I am not fully wise. I am still on my way. What matters is that I am still moving forward. –Yung Pueblo Dear ones – I am definitely not fully healed. I am definitely not fully wise. I am indeed on my way. And I am not at all […]
Beloved- This week, I am mad for poetry. Typo: “made for poetry,” and perhaps that too. I met Maya Angelou when we brought her to speak at Penn State in the mid-nineties. I was in the front row, and I had had the chance to talk with her before her appearance. What a giant. I […]
If you enjoy this blog, why not receive your spiritual boost for the week in your inbox! Click here to join The Way of the River comrades who receive Reflections, my weekly love letter! Beloved- This week, I am mad for poetry. Typo: “made for poetry,” and perhaps that too. I met Maya Angelou when […]
Yesterday morning, my wife looked out our window and said, “What the hell is that?!” I looked, and there was a filing cabinet sitting on our curb where our recycling and trash bins need to go. It was as though someone was just trying to get rid of it, and so they left it in […]