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Over the weekend, while making a creamy scallop soup for the family, I watched several episodes of “The Andy Griffith Show,” which aired as part of a tribute to actor Don Knotts, who died this past February 25th. Here are my chattering thoughts: First, while this long-running program never did enough to foster the Civil…

Thanks to Terry Gross of NPR, whose program Fresh Air reminded me of the Harlem-based Addicts Rehabilitation Choir. Directed by former heroin addict James Allen, this is a gospel choir with a passionate repertoire of inspirational hymns appealing to anyone recovering from anything. Every singer in the group was once addicted to drugs or alcohol.…

It’s a story fit for a suspense movie: In 2001, two book dealers in Glasgow find on the dusty shelves of a rare book shop a set of nineteen perfectly preserved watercolors by poet/artist William Blake. They are painted visions of the spirit world, and of human beings managing momentous passages. They have titles like…

Have you ever gotten so mad at your children that you’ve pinched or scratched or hurt them in the process of trying to behave “properly” and hold your emotions in? Brian Doyle, the editor of Portland Magazine, has a piece in this month’s Utne Reader about the shame parents feel when they get so frustrated…

“…I still instinctively tighten my grip when things feel out of my control. But that’s okay. I’m used to the drill: Something I didn’t want to happen, happens. I feel the resistance build within. I feel the pressure to control what is obviously out of my control. I become aware of what I’m doing–I become…

The Reverend Tony Campolo, one of the most spunky and passionate representatives for what is being called the “Christian Evangelical Left,” was on “The Colbert Report” a few nights ago speaking about how the teachings of Jesus transcend party politics. Have a look. Here’s Laura Sheahen’s interview with Campolo for Beliefnet.com. And here’s the link…

No frills. Great prices. The Vedanta Society of Southern California publishes a Vedanta Catalog with all manner of meditation books and tapes. I’ve just ordered a rare taped lecture of Aldous Huxley speaking on “Knowledge and Understanding.” Seventy-eight minutes long for $9.95.

Ladies, we’ve advanced through yet another phase of the women’s liberation movement. Another woman’s good looks are no longer what other women desire most. Nor do women in huge numbers envy other women’s partners or careers. Today, the thing the greatest number of women envy about other women is their organizational style, according to this…

Had Anne Frank lived, she would have turned seventy-seven this year. But this month marks the 61st anniversary of her death, of typhus, at Bergen-Belsen, the concentration camp where she was sent in the final months of World War II. She missed the camp’s liberation by only six weeks. I’ve found a wonderful website–really, one…

“It’s a fairy tale to think that once we have attained deep faith, or have had some great enlightenment experience, our whole life will be one joyous delight after another and all sadness will be swept away, so that all we can see is paradise. Living a life of true reality, experiencing an ongoing restlessness…
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