wandering brain
Later this week, an event will occur which has been planned by the Art of Hosting Meaningful Conversation Committee, chaired by Rae Denman and Tim Dunbar, for more than a…
tea, roses and attitude
Funny things happen when one is hit by a speeding train. Life shifts. New things take importance over old things and new ways of being in the world begin…
a tolerance for impermanance
an excerpt from a poem by Rilke... "Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final." When I read Rilke, my legs go…
peace, plums and fear
One of the many blessings which come from saying the daily office at the Cathedral with my colleagues at 8:30 and 5:00 every day is that we wade into, and…
clay
This vase is raw clay at this point. It has just been thrown on the potter's wheel and has been matched with a chuck of raw agate which will be…
stay…good dog.
Sometimes when I travel, emerging from my car with Kai, my black lab in tow, I am asked by those who stop to pet him (they always stop to…
I have a question.
When you said "Do this in remembrance of me." what did you mean? To whom did you speak? Was it to me? Was it to us? Or were you speaking…
annoyances and pickles and Korea and Jesus
Good pickles are hard to find. Too often they are soft or too spongy or bland or too vinegary or too sour. Finally, a jewish friend of mine in the…
practicing stillness
My dog Kai is so often my teacher. He seems so quiet and unobtrusive, and yet he sits on the carpet and looks back at me from time to time…
Longings
Green, that pale green of spring, is the color to which I attribute God's longing for us and for the fruit of our lives. Artists tend to see colors and…