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The Mystery Formerly Known as God
The Universe provided me with this great house. I’ll trust the Universe to help me decide. I’m looking for signs from the Universe to let

Trump-eting among the ‘Polis’
With all the intense oppositional conviction in the media about who’s right and what’s wrong this really resonated for me. From a new translation of

Ready, Fire, Aim
This title came to me in my sleep last night. It seems I’ve heard it before but I don’t know who to credit for

I Wasn’t Jesus Today
I wasn’t Jesus today, but I may have put a couple stitches into the hem of the sleeve of St. Francis. When I was a

Voting “Rites” Act
I remember when voting, even in a Primary Election, was treated as a sacred rite. Sample ballots were sent to each registered voter several weeks

Beggar Messenger
“You don’t have $5 to loan me.” He said this more like a statement than a question. He was dragging his legs toward me and

Hollyhocks Insistence
Nature is helpful and friendly. We know all about the other side of that story, the survival of the fittest—everything killing and eating everything else,

Trash Walk
I read an article by Anthony Doerr in Orion Magazine about walking. It reminded of what I realized this morning before Yoga: I haven’t been

Greatness in Humility
“Don’t be so humble, you’re not that great” Golda MeirOne thing that fascinates me about Downton Abbey, in addition to the gorgeous gowns and the

Trust your Clairs for a New Timeline
‘Clair’ comes from the French meaning ‘clear.’ Clairvoyance means clear vision. Clairaudience means clear hearing. Clairsentience is clear feeling, which is often comprehended as

All the little ways we support each other’s smallness
Years ago, I was having a health issue and I decided to stop eating sugar, having read a lot about how sugar is very unhealthful

Negative Space
The little wooden stool that my friend gave me about 25 years ago has played various roles in my home. It’s been a plant stand,

Time to put away childish things
When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror…

Breathing for the Body of Humanity
Early morning in that liminal space between sleep and waking. A light appears before me and inside of me, at my forehead. The light takes form and I see Tinkerbell from Peter Pan…

That Which Trumps Mercury Retrograde
Too bad the word trump is so overused nowadays, because it’s a useful word. In the Tarot card system there are two levels, the minor arcana symbolizing the ins and outs of worldly concerns…

On the Heels of the Day of At-one-ment
In the beginning human beings lived in a participation mystique with all of nature. About 6,000 years ago they left that garden within which there

Letter to my Immune System
Dear Immune system, I’m sorry for the toxins in the air we breathe. I’m sorry for the genetically modified foods that I do everything in