Posted in books, loss, nature, relationships, sadness, writing, yoga on September 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Though it’s just turned to Fall, I’ve found myself drawn to re-reading one of my favorite essays every night this week – Winter by Nina Zolotow. I first saw it in Rodney Yee’s book Yoga: The Poetry of the [...]
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Posted in animals, family, friendship, hope, loss, love, pets, sadness on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Monday afternoon, I got angry. Throughout the day I found myself running into the ladies room for short spurts of tears, and then cleaned myself up and returned to my desk. I don’t like to work this way but the heavy load demands it at the moment. In the shower this morning, as I [...]
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Posted in animals, dogs, family, loss, love on September 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
“Dogs are good people.” ~ A very wise man“Animals are reliable, full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to.” ~ Alfred A. Montapert September certainly has been a rough month. My most recent loss, the passing of our sweet family dog, [...]
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Posted in art, history, home, New York City, retail, shopping on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Saturday I took the bus up to East 125th Street to a place that’s fascinated me for some time. About 6 months ago, I was coming back from LaGuardia Airport on the M60 bus and went by a store with a strange looking sign that read “Demolition Depot”. At first I thought it may [...]
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Posted in history, home, New York City, writing on September 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I crunched along on the few fallen leaves on Columbia’s campus walk yesterday and smiled wide. A perfect fall day took me back to being a student in Philadelphia, the tall, impressive buildings lined with names like Sophocles, Vergil, and Plato reminded me of the joy of academia. Late in the afternoon I was on [...]
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Posted in change, future on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“My favorite place is my imagination.” ~ Jackie Pagan On my way to see Muhammad Yunus earlier this week, one of the subway posters caught my attention. It said “Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.” It’s a quote from Arthur Schopenhauer, the German philosopher. [...]
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Posted in adventure, apple, New York City, technology, writing on September 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I seem to be receiving a “critical update” from Apple everyday on software that’s installed on my computer. I’m not really sure what any of the fixes are or why I need them, but I trust Apple. If they say I need them, then I assume that I do. So I click the little button [...]
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Posted in community, dreams, faith, grateful, gratitude, learning, love on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The interdependency of Humankind, the relevance of relationship, the sacredness of creation is ancient, ancient wisdom.” ~ Rebecca Adamson On the 17th floor of my apartment building, I feel a little closer to what’s miraculous and sacred in our world. In the past few weeks I have felt some energy driving me toward something new; [...]
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