I had the great fortune of attending a week-long gathering in the Black Hills of South Dakota last month in which more than 100 Buddhist practitioners camped together and listened to the voices of native people share about their history and their lives.
Read MoreYesterday I got an email from my husband with the subject, "Crazy Story!" Intrigued, I followed the link to a long article entitled, "The Strange and Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit."
Read MoreI was recently at a playground with my five-year-old niece Evie. It was a beautiful spring day, and Evie hopped onto a teeter-totter with another little girl about the same age.
Read MoreI had a conversation with friends recently about our childhoods and especially our mothers. Both of the women I was talking to had serious difficulties with their moms, and each expressed the feeling that they thought that their mother didn't really like them much.
Read MoreAs I was finishing a meeting downtown one morning, I checked the DC NextBus iphone app and saw that a bus was arriving at my stop in just seven minutes.
Read MoreThis morning, like most mornings, my husband’s iphone alarm went off at 4:00 am. He promptly turned it off. Around 5:00 am, our sunrise clock began to glow, but neither one of us noticed.
Read MoreWhile I was out walking the dogs in the cold this morning, I noticed all of the empty flowerbeds in my neighbors' front yards.
Read MoreLast week I had an argument with my partner, to whom I've been married for 26 years. I was showing him around my new office space, and he made a joke about it.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I invited a friend to visit me in DC and I planned a relaxing weekend for the two of us in the Virginia mountainside.
Read MoreLast month, someone asked me how I got a tan on my face in the middle of the winter. So I explained.
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