Sometime in 2004, a doula friend was dropping me off at home, and as we sat in her dark car in front of my apartment building, just before the police … Continue reading How Social Media Has Changed My Real-World Connections
I’ve made a few realizations in the couple of weeks since my last phone fast check-in. According to my phone use app, I decreased my weekly phone usage by 50% … Continue reading Phone Fast Six-Week Check-In
So, I’ve been doing the whole daily phone fast thing for a couple of weeks now with mixed results, but I’ve had an insight about my phone use: My brain … Continue reading Phone Fast Check-In
“There’s been a fascinating recent trend among Silicon Valley types where they’re on a tear against interiority,” says Ezra Klein to his guest, author Gary Shteyngart, on the June 19 … Continue reading “Stand with the philosopher, or else with the mob”
Lately with everything going on—the tanking economy, rising COVID-19 cases nationwide, a federal government that toggles between authoritarian overreach, lies, and violence and complete inaction, climate change continuing unabated, increasing … Continue reading When Hope is Too Much to Ask For
During the twelfth week after the vernal equinox, we got to hike with our friend Linda again.
We left the house early to beat the heat for our hike during the eleventh week after the vernal equinox.
Due to some discord in my community, I’ve been feeling a great deal of emotional stress lately. It kind of sucks, but it’s also provided me a chance to recognize some … Continue reading Dealing with Stress
I borrowed this book from my friend Melanie ages ago (about three years ago, I think). I started it right away after I borrowed it, and while I appreciated the … Continue reading Everyday Blessings by Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn
I’ve not had much luck with gratitude practices. Picking out things to be grateful about feels either forced or redundant, and I end up feeling like an ass when I still feel miserable … Continue reading Organic Gratitude
On the train home from Boston the other night, I referred to my friend’s son by the wrong name. She was very nice about it when she corrected me. “Now that … Continue reading Gratitude for Imperfection
“Who am I?” I asked myself again and again during the weekend meditation retreat I attended in August. It was the first time I had been away from my five-year-old son … Continue reading Who Am I?