Hello to my Human Kin  – “How are you?” used to be simpler to answer. The complexity of these times and the inundation of information on our beleaguered senses is asking us to reclaim simplicity, don’t you think? Our over-culture celebrates continued and ever increasing complexity and push. But the natural rhythm of life is…

Hello Beautiful Human  – Autumnal Blessings to you all in the Northern Hemisphere. I, for one, am grateful for the cooling nights and shorter days that naturally invite me to slow down, which I am longing for. As life isn’t letting up and everyone I know is tired and maxed. I can’t seem to catch…

Hello Kin  – I have noticed that there is this assumption in some circles that if you do enough practices, light enough candles, go to enough therapy sessions, take enough walks, etc. that life is supposed to get easier. As far as I can see, that is just not how it works. Life is life…

Artwork by Heather Sawyer Hello Dear Ones  – Recently, I was reminded of this wise teaching from Roshi Joan Halifax of the importance of cultivating a strong back and a soft front… “All too often our so-called strength comes from fear, not love. Instead of having a strong back, many of us have a defended…

Hello Dear Kin  – During these dark and difficult times I sometimes struggle to find the words, for myself and for you. Sometimes it seems so fruitless to share simple practices and bits of poetry and then I am recalled back to myself with just that…a simple moment of connection or a phrase of beauty.…

Hello Dear Kin  – Anybody feeling seriously pushed and pulled by life right now? Perhaps finding it challenging to feel grounded or rooted? Any feelings of being untethered? I am. For me it feels like the currents are swirling in all directions and it’s a little hard to find center, ground, steadiness. There are the…

Hello Dear Kin  – Last week I had the good fortune to spend an evening with Chris La Tray , who is an energetic and energizing teacher and storyteller. He is the current Poet Laureate of Montana as well as the author of the recently published “Becoming Little Shell; A Landless Indian’s Journey Home”. On this…

Hello Dear Kin  – How are you? Really, how are you…your body, mind, heart, soul? I think about you daily…wondering how you are coping with the inundation of information, the collapse of so many systems, the heartbreak. I know that each of you are not only navigating this wild ride of shifting sands of external…

Hello Dear Kin  – There was a time when we didn’t have to go ‘out into nature’ to feel connected to the larger world. There was a time, not so long ago, in the timeline of humanity when nature was simply our home, our place, a natural extension of our very being. A time when…