You’ve read this, no doubt. But I’m really feeling/needing it lately. Maybe you are too. “Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the…

I see gardens as inherent spiritually metaphors.  They grow, they need nurturing, they are mysterious, they are beautiful, they can feed us, they can break our hearts. I put together a slideshow of images from my garden to celebrate the most positive of all the metaphors.  Thriving, healthy garden – can a thriving, healthy life…

In the new movie “Cold Souls,” actor Paul Giamatti plays a character whose spirit is represented by a chickpea. In a very funny interview in this week’s New Yorker, he riffs on what various famous people’s souls might look like–Donald Trump is “a nice set of whitewall tires;” Kissinger is a doorknob; Dolly Parton a hummingbird; and the Pope, “…a glass of…

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