Hello sweet reader, Soo good to be back with you again. We are just back from an amazing trip to Turkey, where we had a memorable experience in lots of ways. The people we met, and there were many, were universally warm, friendly, kind and helpful. That part (the people part) was, and always is,… Continue reading Beyond Comprehension
Category: Michael’s Journey
“Coach” Irene
Greetings from our forest home in Vermont’s NE Kingdom. Soo good to be back with you, and wow, do I ever mean it. Don’t get me wrong, I always mean it, but this time is especially sweet. I reckon you’ve heard something abour Hurricane Irene, and her visit to Vermont. Well, she came, stayed around a… Continue reading “Coach” Irene
Making Friends With Change
Hello dear Reader. It’s good to be back with you. I know it’s been a while, but I don’t like to pester you with a bunch of words based on some artificial schedule as in: “Oh, it’s been 2 weeks, gotta write something.” My words to you, for better or worse, come from my heart… Continue reading Making Friends With Change
Totally Nuts? Really? Who Exactly?
“My mind is like a bad neighborhood. I try not to go in there alone.” I love this quote from Bay Area author Annie Lamott. At first blush, it’s really funny, but for many of us, despite the fact that we really do need to observe our thoughts and actions carefully, so as to take… Continue reading Totally Nuts? Really? Who Exactly?
We Live in Poverty – Not In Misery
Hello dear reader, it’s so good to be back with you. It’s been a month and I’m hoping you will be OK with me sharing my main takeaway from from our amazing trip to Vietnam and Cambodia. Up front though, you need to know that if I don’t seem “fair and balanced” or my “tone”… Continue reading We Live in Poverty – Not In Misery
Tiny Teachers
Well, maybe this particular one is not so tiny. I took the photo of this piece, created by artist Louise Bourgeois at the roof garden of SF MOMA. We live on a houseboat, and every morning, I have this ritual: With coffee in one hand and cobweb duster pole in the other, keeping up with… Continue reading Tiny Teachers
Right Action?
“Do you have the patience to wait Until your mud settles and the water is clear?” Back in the day, in my first corporate incarnation, I was fresh out of school, and working at our family owned company. One day I was walking by my uncle’s desk – the very uncle I’ve already posted about… Continue reading Right Action?
The “Near Enemies”
WE CANNOT SEE OURSELVES IN RUNNING WATER, BUT ONLY IN STILL WATER – Chuang Tzu In a recent post on the subject of character, I suggested a practice tip to the effect that if, in conversation with person A, A is telling you something about person B, listen carefully, because you are learning a lot about… Continue reading The “Near Enemies”
Only I Will Know…
I just got back from the Begnosh Farm where I bought a dozen ears of the sweetest corn ever. Actually, A “dozen” at Gaston’s farm is 13, and if they are on the small side,14, all for only $4. I handed over $10 and the gentleman gave me back $7.00 as my change. I told… Continue reading Only I Will Know…
An Important Nite…
Hello dear Reader, I’ve missed you. Been away for a month, but now back in CA and at my computer. I pray you are in a beautiful way and place. I thought I’d like to share one of my many adventures of this past month: my attendance in May, with my sweet Laura, at my… Continue reading An Important Nite…