Am I Going To Save This?
Reading an introduction by Barbara A Mowat to a book of essays entitled, Old Age, a sentence appeared…
Exploring the Number Three
A dozen years ago, I chose Exploring the Mystery as the name for my blog. I remember feeling…
Impermanent Tooth
Monday, my dental hygienist Becky paid me a compliment when I told her there was a bump on…
Weak Constitution?
Mom worried about me. Granted she had reasons for her concerns – I was often ill as a…
Renunciation?
Last weekend attending the writer’s workshop felt like coming home to my people. The other writers shared my…
Saved By Loving Self
I’ve been wanting to write about self-love but hesitated, fearing it would sound narcissistic. But many spiritual tomes…
Is Ambivalence a Skill?
This was my last week of live Tai Chi Chih (TCC) practice until September. You may have heard…
Are Equanimity & Non-dualism Cousins?
Have you ever noticed that when your attention is piqued by an idea, it continues to pop up…
Hint, Hint
During a 1979 Iowa State University social work class, I learned that social workers could be psychotherapists, and…