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Easter is never problematic in terms of what I like to do: dye eggs, stage an Easter egg hunt, eat at least one chocolate bunny, enjoy the warmer weather, and wrestle once again–quietly and in my own way–with the notion of Christ’s resurrection. Perhaps the thing preventing me from feeling fully religious (I’m more comfortable…

Do you keep non-functioning electronics, hoping that some day you’ll figure out how to responsibly trash them? As if in honor of spring cleaning, Salon has published a hugely helpful article by Elizabeth Grossman on how to recycle toxic trash. Some manufacturers will take back their appliances. The EPA and other groups can guide you…

Thanks to all the readers who’ve shared their stories about caring for elderly or ailing family members. Kathryn, currently preparing to bid farewell to her dad, wrote this: We have decided to obey his every request right now, including letting him eat foods that he should not be eating for salt reasons. But, it’s that…

“We don’t need to overcomplicate things with all sorts of wandering discursive thoughts, superstitions, doubts, and over-thinking everything. Be strong and straightforward within, have strong intention, and develop firm faith, devotion and inner conviction. What you decide to do, you can do; just keep practicing and learning.” — His Holiness the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, head…

I’m not complaining. My father is staying in a pretty good hospital, but if I ran the zoo (a reference to that amazing Dr. Seuss book), man-oh-man, everything would be different. My ideal hospital would be a center for true renewal where colors, music, foods, and technicians would all contribute to the healing process. Could…

“I don’t know if the conversations I have with God are actually prayer, but I have faith that the conversation is enough. I believe in karma and trying to ‘do the right thing.’ I believe in Mother Nature and try to treat her with as much respect and admiration as possible. When I don’t get…

Do you hate hospitals? Almost everybody does. But today, my ten hours in a regional medical center tending to my ailing father weren’t awful. I went in well-armed with bottled water, Arnica creams, essential oils, and yes, even Steven Halpern’s angel music. And I didn’t eat the hospital’s airline-quality food, driving to a Ruby Tuesdays…

Check out the April issue of Real Simple. It contains a marvelous article about Kate Munger’s all-volunteer choir that sings for the terminally ill. “I don’t feel like I’ve given up anything to do this. I get unbelievable riches, though not the kind you can hold in your hand,” said Munger. “I thought it would…

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband Chris Martin have named their new baby Moses. Apparently, Moses is a common male first name these days, “ranking 472 out of 1219 for males of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census,” says the baby naming website ThinkBabyNames.com. It’s much more mainstream than Apple (Paltrow’s little girl, now…

I believe that there is a mysterious and graceful and miraculous Coherence stitched through this world. I believe that this life is an extraordinary gift, a blink of bright light between vast darknesses. I believe that the fingerprints of the Maker are everywhere: children, hawks, water. I believe that even sadness and tragedy and evil…
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