the spiritual
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This blog post is in response to Chapter 2 (“Facing the Future”) in Shakti Gawain’s book, The Path of Transformation. There is a storm brewing out west that is headed our way. The latest maps show that Baltimore is dead center in its path, and we are on target for “plowable” accumulations of snow. Within…
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This blog post is in response to Chapter 1 (“What is Your Vision of the Future?”) in Shakti Gawain’s book, The Path of Transformation. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. ~Margaret Mead In the opening chapter of Gawain’s…
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It is nearly 7:30 in the morning, and it is still quite dark outside despite the snow and icestorm that is passing through. I have been up for several hours now, writing and studying music. In other words, kindling the muse. There is a song by James Taylor off of the New Moon Shine…
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This morning, at our full-Saturday session with our writing Fellows at Towson U, my colleague Cheryl led us along a writing marathon, where we selected a state (wooden piece of a puzzle) from a bag and answered a few questions about home, place, and our relationship (if any) with the state that we selected. What…
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(photo: Taken July 4, 2010, Rus VanWestervelt) I feel like there’s been some kind of explosion in my life, a bursting of energy that is giving me strength like never before. I am finding the strength to write, to exercise, to journey, to live. It could just be that I have the time to do…
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photo: http://alittlecrafty.com I’ve always been fascinated with Chinese characters, and the symbol for Tranquility is one that means a great deal to me. Quite literally, the symbol depicts male dominance in the Chinese tradition, where the smaller symbol of a man’s “roof” hovers over the symbol for “woman.” I like the explanation provided in The…
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A good friend of mine, whom I have not seen in many years, mentioned to me yesterday that my return to Baltimore was like coming back to reality. I understand her sentiment perfectly, as I have felt the resistance so many times to “return to reality” after a wonderful vacation. After all, the reasons why…
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I know that, for each of us, the title of this post means something a little different. And I am sure, as well, that nearly immediately after reading the title, you thought a little to yourself what that means: Returning home. For me, I did that yesterday morning, just a little after sunrise, on the…
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I am quite humbled by the fact that I am 43 and I continue to learn things about myself on a daily–sometimes hourly–basis. The funny thing is (and I do mean in the strictest of ha-ha ways) that the things I am learning have been common knowledge, I am sure of it, among my closest…
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I welcome January with a busy pen, scribbling in various daybooks, laptops, napkins, notecards, and Moleskine notebooks. Whatever I can get my hands on, really. My writing has been furious, immediate, thoughtful, raw, superficial, deep. I’ve scribbled lousy lines of verse and brilliant slices of life without self-condemnation or overzealous praise. I am, in every…
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