End of the Line

Lent is almost over. My practice: daily meditation and daily stretching (physical), daily flossing, daily Lent-specific reading. And facebook only once a day, instead of whenever I get bored. This resulted in me obsessively checking my email instead, to scratch the itch for distraction. Monkey mind is powerful. St. Benedict emphasizes socialization and moderation of […]

Family

Okay, Washington, DC is a political place. Still, I was surprised when the woman next to me snapped. “Those are for families,” the lady behind the desk said. She meant a particular brochure. I was picking up a map, and happened to witness the exchange. “We’re a family,” Snappy responded. “I mean, families with children,” […]

Red

“I mean, there are so many people.” – Ted Bundy. We listened to several Holocaust survivors. One man told about his brother, and the terrible way he had lost him, and that was the one that got me. Strange, I don’t remember the story. I could still cry at the memory, though, just at remembering […]

Snakes & Ladders

I think it was too much yoga. After I read the lesson, I accidentally bowed to the congregation instead of the altar. You get done with yoga, you bow. I usually bow at my laptop, since that’s where my yoga instruction is coming from. No one at church seemed to notice that I had bowed […]