photo credit: Pixabay.com I've said it before many times, but I'm awed by it again ... and again ... and so I think it bares repeating. I'm talking about the simple power of awareness. Just noticing. Non-judgmental awareness. No fuss, no muss, no messy creams. I wrote...

photo credit: pixabay.com I suffer from self-doubt. So, perhaps, do you. And a few billion other people around the globe. Not all the time. If you're like me, it's periodically, too often and at awkward times. Often when I'm least expecting it. Especially when I'm...

photo credit: Pixabay.com Getting Stuck I try to write every day. That means, I get stuck at-least-a-little every day. Two or three times a day, to be honest. Sometimes, it's briefly, and on relatively small issues, like looking for a word or phrase, a way to express...

photo credit: pixabay.com Joy of Meditation As I mature in my meditation practice, I find that I am enjoying it more and more, reaping the benefits, and learning to make meditation - like all of life at its best - an experiment in joyful living and learning....

    Memoir and haiku are unlikely playmates. Memoir, of course, is rooted in the past.. The haiku that I’m talking about here, by contrast, is focused, deliberately and explicitly, on the present. Writing haiku is, in fact, a kind of mindfulness practice....