Let me just start out by saying I was not born in August. I was however, born again yesterday. Yesterday I finally fell into Summer. I walked slowly down the drive, which is really more like a country dirt road since it goes for a good quarter mile, tracking my perceptions. Time slowed down. Time […]
Chinese medicine
Water From The Well
Poison ivy vines wrap the trees thoroughly and the air seems to have more water than the stream. Late summer and time for a long cool drink of water. The stillness and the sounds are mesmerizing and I wish to sit in the sun and bake, though that is only plausible for a short time […]
Willing and Unwilling: An Early Morning Meditation on Zhi
I often ask myself: What am I willing to do? What am I willing to take responsibility for? These seem straightforward enough questions in some ways, but as I grow older, I am more and more aware that I cannot know what life will bring and I am more and more wary of what I […]
