Right Livelihood

6 Dec 202112 Dec 2021

I've known since I was a very young child that I wanted to do nothing but read. I've also known since I wasn't much older that I wanted to be…

One Big Bardo

3 May 20218 May 2021

After reading an NYT article about languishing, I started wondering, "How many years of my life have included some kind of upheaval, something big or life-changing, and how many years…

Altered States III: Illness

10 Aug 202023 Dec 2020

"What's real?" --Judith Personal note: This was written back in August, five months after the start of coronavirus lockdown in our area...and three months after George Floyd. Frankly, I've been…

Right Concentration

9 May 202019 May 2020

“Do you have the patience to waitTill your mud settles and the water is clear?Can you remain unmovingTill the right action arises by itself?”--Lao Tzu Recently, my 11 year old…

Right Intention

3 Feb 202020 Apr 2020

I have to take a bit of a time out from talking about all the dark stuff in my life to talk about something more important: cats. Yeah. Cats. But…

Is Just No Fair

3 Nov 20175 Nov 2017

In the movie The Princess Bride, Inigo and Fezzik finally find "the man in black" and discover that he's dead--and Inigo says in that mournful mutter, "Is just no fair." That's…

Slow Poison

23 Sep 201723 Sep 2017

It turns out, I've been slowly poisoning my husband for our entire marriage. Honest, Officer, I'm really *not* trying to harm my poor husband. It's just that he's been diagnosed…