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If you like feminine, folksy music in the Joni Mitchell–Pat Humphries–Holly Near vein, you are in for a treat. But also heartbreak. Because Rachel Bissex, a singer I only learned of last summer, died last year at 48 from cancer. Her album, “In White Light,” is one that I think you’ll find yourself listening to…

I hope you never think I sound like a commercial for anyone or anything, but I am, by nature, an avid helper who longs to direct people to things I like. Penzeys Spices has been such a godsend when it comes to quickly providing me with gorgeous boxed sets of beautiful spices at holiday time.…

Dearest Chatterers, I am blogging in a white heat today, because our car insurance policy was cancelled last week and I need to pay a real-time visit to our insurance agent. Apparently, we missed a small payment by just a few days. On Friday, we received a “refund of payment” check and a grim, impersonal…

Here is picture of the staircase that leads from our front downstairs hallway to the second level of the house. I painted the rises of the stairs in alternating patterns with sample-sized jars of Benjamin Moore paint last August while our two Chatterings (ages nine and eleven) were away with a friend in the country.…

What do you buy the loved one you’d like to nudge into a life of spiritual inquiry without bonking them hard on the head with a 50-millimeter crystal or styrofoam yoga block? This is something I have asked myself more than once. And I think I’ve found a web address that will be of some…

I love Sarvananda Bluestone. A writer, psychic, and Tarot expert (he’s written for Beliefnet about being a Borscht Belt psychic in resort hotels), he’s also the author of “The World Dream Book: Use the Wisdom of World Cultures to Uncover Your Dream Power.” Sarvananda recently told me that as part of his spiritual practice he…

I am grateful for all the relationships I have had with alcoholics. They’ve often been painful but… always, the connection has left me with an appreciation for the complexities of human character, and an awareness of the fear some sensitive people feel. It’s as though they think life isn’t good enough undistorted. Life is raw…

I like to celebrate Christmas the way my family always honored it–with parties, carols, pageants, presents, prayers and church. But–like a true Chatterer–I’m also always looking for fresh inspiration. I especially like learning about how December’s holidays–from various faiths–were celebrated centuries ago. Last year, I ordered The School of the Seasons’ 40-page “Midwinter Packet”, and…

I finally saw the film “Goodnight, and Good Luck,” a look at the life of broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow during his most important and emotional year at CBS. It’s a wonderful study of one man’s unshakable integrity. Don’t miss it. Once home, I put the words “Edward R. Murrow religious beliefs” into a Google…

Has HearthSong.com gone mad? Check out this kit of snowman faces on one of my (formerly?) favorite websites for spiritual kid gifts. Ahem! What was so wrong with the coal and the carrot?
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