Jan 12 2009
The first hints of fall have come. As well as being the time for harvesting, it heralds shorted days and longer nights. As we head toward winter, nature invites us to be more internal, to reflect more and gather the harvest, rather than build and expand outward. There is something else in the air this [...]
Jan 09 2009
My son Jacob started first grade last week. Watching him express his anxiety over starting school, brought back memories of my own difficulties at that age in making the transition from the freedom of long summer days without any responsibility, to the uncharted waters of a new teacher and classroom. After years of attending school, [...]
Jan 09 2009
The recent rains have given me the chance to spend a lot of time in the backyard pulling weeds. Usually it is an activity I enjoy. I get to touch the earth, and get a little dirty. There is great satisfaction is seeing a cleared area ready for new growth. Pulling weeds is a metaphor [...]
Jan 09 2009
Tonight marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday Shavuot. It commemorates receiving the Ten Commandants and the Torah on Mount Sinai, and is known as the holiday of union where the covenant between God and the people was sealed in love. The Ten Commandments, reframed by some as the ten commitments, can be seen as [...]