Vulnerability
These are frustrating days for many of us. We have short fuses. Life has been disrupted and we are often unable to go where we want to go and do…
To Delight (verb)
The thirteenth-century word “delight” comes from its Latin root, “delectare” which not only refers to pleasure and to that which brings pleasure, but also to arousal, seduction, and allure. Delight…
teardrop
Of the thousands of pots I have thrown on my potter’s wheel, this recent simple tea bowl is one of my favorites. The opal glaze catches the New Mexican sunlight…
sticky touch and a kiss
“Touch. It is touch that is the deadliest enemy of chastity, loyalty, monogamy, gentility with its codes and conventions and restraints. By touch we are betrayed and betray others ...…
anger and fear
A spiritual guide sat with me yesterday and explained something which I had never previously understood. Indeed, at 53 very little seems like it could surprise me and yet this…