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Voila! Instant Art! 30 Jun 2013 | 02:29 am
I’m taking a Coursera course about art concepts, and this week the assignment was to create an environmental installation piece. Since I had it up, photographed, and down within 10 minutes, I felt tha...
Parenting Towards Enlightenment 17 Apr 2013 | 07:01 pm
We, a class of aspiring yoga teachers, are sitting on the floor of the meditation hall at the ashram in India when the conversation turns to the conflict between practice and parenting. “But how,” ask...
Peaceful Practice 15 Apr 2013 | 11:42 pm
This was originally posted on The Peaceful Professional, another blog of mine which has apparently suffered catastrophic failure due to neglect. That is to say, I can’t find it any more, having made s...
Poem: My Missing Skin 12 Apr 2013 | 08:21 pm
I think I left my skin somewhere. How else to explain This longing, yearning To return to the sea the sky the land To crawl through the undergrowth Belly-ground touching, Scales tingling with Anticipa...
I could be anything 5 Apr 2013 | 05:43 am
If you could be anything, what would it be? “Anything?” she said. “Sure. Anything.” hmm… famous, beautiful, rich, immortal, a whale, a dolphin, a famous movie star… “I’ve got it!” she said. “So soon?”...
Serial Having it All 27 Feb 2013 | 10:11 pm
Several years ago, I was in the midst of a frantic time. I was working, going to school, still nursing a baby, up all night, getting up and driving to work at 6:30, getting home at 7:00 (or later), li...
Poem: Hidden Knowledge 15 Feb 2013 | 10:31 pm
Hidden Knowledge In a clearing in the woods On a cliff overlooking the ocean In a cave in the mountains Someone waits. She has the answer you seek, In the hut, In the cottage, In the cave You would no...
Saruman is not our Leader 7 Feb 2013 | 07:13 pm
I want to get one thing straight. We’re not secretly evil. (1) It’s not like Canadians are trying to create Orthanc in the Boreal Forest… it’s just kind of… happening. You know, you can basically have...
What Does It Mean? 6 Feb 2013 | 03:59 am
An unsubtle synopsis of the last two decades of my unpublished writing which you should read while you can, because I’ll probably think better of it in an hour or two. “[These words.] I do not think t...
Losing My Head 23 Jan 2013 | 08:24 pm
I don’t know about where you are, but around here we have a saying, “She’d lose her head if it weren’t attached.” It is (I fear) applied to people like me, those of us who are wont to put things down ...
