Holiday Conversation

Holiday Conversation

by | Nov 13, 2018 | Conversation, Mindfulness, Uncategorized

photo credit; pixabay.com Thinking About Holiday Conversation The family gathers. Okay,maybe, Aunt Tilly doesn’t show. Friends gather. Okay, at the last minute , Frank calls to say he’s bringing his girl friend, Mabel, but that’s fine, because she...
Mindful Writing – Faith in Your Own Creativity

Mindful Writing – Faith in Your Own Creativity

by | Nov 18, 2017 | Mindfulness

photo credit: Pixabay Today was a very good day. I felt totally blocked. And never let it bother me. I’ve been working on editing the manuscript for my new book, Mindful Writing, and also teaching an introductory course on the same topic. Both of these have...
Haiku Memoir

Haiku Memoir

by | Oct 31, 2017 | General, Mindfulness

  Today’s entry is about what I call “Haiku Memoir,” that shares some important characteristics with Improvisational Theatre (what I wrote about last time). Both Improv and Haiku Memoir are HUGE fun. They’re brief. They’re in the...
The Joy of Journaling

The Joy of Journaling

by | Sep 21, 2017 | General, Mindfulness

photo credit: pixabay.com For decades, I’ve written a journal. Sometimes I was unfaithful. But when I returned, which I always did, the question scratched at me, “Why were you gone so long?” It was so sweet to be back.  After a number of such wandering absences,...
The joys of “Letting Go”

The joys of “Letting Go”

by | Jun 16, 2017 | Mindfulness, Uncategorized

Photo credit: Pixabay Change the past, live the present. Last week, I tried to summarize what is meant by “Change the past, live the present.” Mindfulness, of course,  is all about living the present. Easy to say, not so easy to do. And it’s very...