Oprah’s O Magazine got Anne Lamott to write about aging, radiance, and beauty for the April issue (which was just squeezed through my mail slot). Here’s an excerpt, but get your hands on the whole thing. It’s a fabulous essay. “When Jesus was asked about beauty, he pointed to nature, to the lilies of the…

You know, I’ve been so taken with Fly Lady’s belief that it’s better to spend fifteen minutes every day de-cluttering than it is to spend half your Saturday doing the same. I’ve managed to lighten up our house by maybe two hundred pounds in recent weeks, sorting through books, newspaper clips and magazines for a…

The Dharma Seed Catalog now has the most fantastic online resource of audio meditations and teachings. I am so happy to link you to this exciting find! And everything is free (though Dharma Seed asks you to send a contribution if you can). Here, you’ll find “Internet access to the oral tradition of Buddha’s teachings”…

We are in our school’s entrance hallway at 8:15 in the morning. I am carrying two large bags of books we no longer need. The younger Chattering and I culled through these books last night. We are excited because our school will donate these books to needy school libraries. I am so close to the…

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