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The gorgeous blessing I published yesterday turns out to be Irish. That’s not too surprising, is it? And in response to one reader’s question, a lintel is a horizontal structural beam that spans any architectural opening, usually a door. Here and here are some nice old examples. A rooftree is not a pretty tree that…

My friend Frances Stahnke, director of the a yoga studio in Northern Virginia, wrote me with the following morning meditation and blessing, which she says came to her “on the spirit airways” Monday morning. You may recite it or think it as you bless the four directions, facing each direction in turn with open arms:…

“Is your mom mom-ish?” I overheard my older son ask another boy once. When he said it, I felt my own mom-ishness presented to me as a high concept. One wouldn’t want to be too mom-ish, would one? A little mom-ishness goes a long way. But now the most mom-ish of all days is approaching.…

I like the old-fashioned idea of hanging a framed prayer or poem near a home’s entrance to bless the house, so I was happy to find this hand-written blessing that’s probably sixty years old at a Brooklyn flea market this past Saturday. I’ve seen the following verse on plaques before, but never written it down.…
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