I’m so pleased to announce that Soul Compost is now a real book! At 222 pages, it surpassed little “ebook” status and birthed its way into the physical world on 12/21/12. Here is the description: NEW! Soul Compost – Transforming Adversity into...
When I first heard of “One Billion Rising”, I had just returned from my annual southwest retreat and was gearing up for a long, slow winter of writing. A friend in Toronto said, “Have you seen this?” and I was immediately afire. One billion...
“When the heart opens, we see others, we feel the heart of others.” -Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, from Shambala, The Sacred Path of the Warrior I had the good fortune to be asked to lead a workshop at the PeaceJam Southeast Conference at Florida State University last...
After a somewhat challenging Thanksgiving, my son and I went out for Vietnamese, one of our favorites. Comfort food, for sure. There, a fortune cookie imparted wisdom that I desperately needed after the holiday mayhem. Who knew that a fortune cookie could frame...
The mother I had as a child taught me that it was correct to lie to authority in order to make oneself look good. This lesson was taught when I was 5-6 years old, when my family looked for a house to rent in our new town. My parents chose a brick ranch in the...
