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education: a letter to my brother & sister
Hey dude & dudette. May I share something with you about education? Not many people know about it yet. Yes? If so, read on… On a small scale, top shelf education is now being offered online for...
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growing possibilities
I came home one afternoon to find three neighborhood kids with sticks in hand and the windows of our garage broken. I asked them if they knew who broke the windows. The littlest, age 3, nodded and...
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widening circles
“I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. I may not complete this last one but I give myself to it.” Excerpt from Das Stunden-Buch (The Book of Hours) by poet Rainer Maria...
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aging wonder
New year reflections on a cool winter morning in January. My resolution commitment in 2013 will be to see wonder in all things — known or unknown. Filed under: Adventure, Business, Earth &...
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allowing me to “be”
Me: “Hey Dad, just wanted you to know that you do a great job of letting us just ‘be’ who we are.” Dad: “Thanks. My own parents did not meddle as I chose my path. I am sure they were paying...
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pearl talisman
Master work from Lama Thangka Painting School in Bhaktapur At a tender age my grandfather gave me a special gift – a necklace with a tiny pearl inside a gold shell. I remember rubbing the little pearl...
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urban farming
A post from our friends at Milkwood with a handy guidebook on urban farming. [Click image to download guide] For anyone living in Washington DC, I will be attending a free all-day urban gardening...
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tell me a story
Stories are like seeds. A new story told is like a new seed planted. Each story re-told is a seed watered. Watered stories grow to form our life’s harvest. Storytelling may be seen as a performance...
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life stories & trauma
Listening to Krista Tippet’s interview with Bessel Van Der I discovered an interesting paradox about stories and trauma: It is normal, even vital, for stories to change. The nature of memory is that...
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wu hsing :. walking the circle
The five elements, or the wu hsing, represent nature’s natural progression through the seasons: Summer (Fire) Late Summer (Earth) Autumn (Metal) Winter (Water) Spring (Wood) This same pattern, or...
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our youth, our songbirds
“Your soul sings to mine. My soul is yours, and it always will be, in any world. No matter what happens.” ― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone Michael Meade tells the story about the young...
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the meaning of nature
Language is an important tool for constructing meaning in our lives. As a storyteller, I am keenly aware of the power words have to influence the world in which they are spoken. As an individual...
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many gods, many truths
Origins of Sacred Texts & Sites Humans began walking the earth nearly 200,000 years ago. Buddha is said to have been born 2,600 years ago (623 BCE), Jesus 2,000 years ago (4 BCE), and Muhammad...
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upset is optional
Emotions manifest themselves in our body in many ways. In fact, patterns of physical reactions can be observed by paying attention to how we feel in our body across a range of emotions. This article...
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