the meditative muse

So the year 2016 has finally come to an end. There are many people who are cheering at this awful year is drawing to a close. While I am in ...

Not so much has changed in a year. Instead of Minneapolis and Jamar Clark it is Standing Rock. Rights seem to be very fluid in terms of w...

I've been thinking for a while about the issue of the safety pin.  People are taking up issues with potential allies who decide to wea...

I've been thinking for a while about the issue of the safety pin.  People are taking up issues with potential allies who decide to wea...

i write I fits and spurts. Sometimes quite regularly; other times there are gaps in the entries. I was busy and did not make time for the wr...

Just when you begin to think that all is well in so many areas of your life, something BIG happens.  Yesterday, I was becoming comfortable w...

Swoosh is the sound of our lives rushing by.  It is also part of the Nike estate.   We can associate this sound with success.   This nation ...

I am tired of the pettiness of the political debate here in the US.   I am not sure who thinks he or she is infallible or perfect.  I know t...

Something happened along the way.  One of the last conversations I can recall is that she could not imagine life without me being a part of ...

So many of us are creatures of comfort and habit.  Life has become uncomfortable for me, lately.  Too many unexplainable deaths.  It seems a...

Rather than adding to a list of not-likely-to-achieve events, I am choosing to let go of some of the hurtful periods in my past.  As I was h...