thinking thursday.
Every Thursday, a few links that follow the wanderings of my brain. And a link to the recently named Actor of the Decade. mind :: my brain and yours The spirit of cell phones may be wiping away cultural differences. Music can do incredible things for patients with dementia. What …
poetry wednesday : the uses of not.
The uses of not Thirty spokes meet in the hub. Where the wheel isn't is where it's useful Hollowed out, clay makes a pot. Where the pot's not is where it's useful. Cut doors and windows to make a room. Where the room isn't, there's room for you. So the …
found-art tuesday : the difference between a frog and a toad
I knew immediately who had drawn it. I left before dinner last night to host a book group at Malaprop's downtown. When I got home, I was just in time to tell Tessie a "little girl" story, our nighttime tradition. I tell her a story about a little girl who …
mindful monday : smile a tiny smile
“A tiny bud of a smile on your lips nourishes awareness and calms you miraculously…your smile will bring happiness to you and those around you.” -Thich Nhat Hanh [Thanks to Heidi Wilcox Benstead for pointing me to this image]
recognize your choice points.
Arrange whatever pieces come your way. -Virginia Woolf We are always in choice. Always. Regardless of the circumstance, we choose how we are in that circumstance. Which leads to new circumstances that are either reductive or expansive. Even when we feel trapped, when we feel others hold our fate, when …
let your life be a painting, let your life be a poem.
When I say be creative, I don't mean you should all go and become great painters and great poets. I simply mean let your life be a painting, let your life be a poem. -Osho (This photograph was taken at one of my readings in my hometown last year–of my …
in this new year, i would rather…
In this new year, I would rather be…. wise than smart… kind than clever… wrong than right*… at peace than striving… curious than sure… playing than pontificating… approached than ignored… talked "with" than talked "at"… hugged than hated… stretched than shrunk… loved than feared… here than missing… naive than cynical… …
you are not broken. you don’t need to be fixed.
"We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential." -Ellen Goodman …
poetry wednesday : I want the labyrinth of what ifs narrowed to a single, poignant sentence.
Something for everyone I want the water to fill your glass the moment it sees your thirst. I want the staircase to meet your footfalls. I want the line to the freeway to move like breath. I want the wind flattering your hairline, the rainshower a welcome refreshment. I want …
happy birthday, daddy.
My father's birthday was Christmas day. He died in 1980 when he was 53. He would have been 83 today. My job is to keep him alive by telling his story. I hope you can take a moment in your holiday festivities to read about him in this story I …
