What Mica’s Up To
Drawing guy with a hundred lollipops portrait of papa Wondering orlando has one too the questions, illustrated Playing in the Snow snow angel Eating and Drinking as a dragon butterfly Building a helicopter Playing making juice out of the magna-tiles Writing he likes to lie on the table loved ones Riding Bikes down the “hill” [...]
Poetry in Motion
It never ceases to amaze me, all that is going on inside one another, and we have no idea, really, and then we do. Last fall, I began to worry. A friend mentioned that her child had recently had her eyes checked, and it turned out that the reason the child was struggling to read, [...]
Refresh
Been feeling a little blue, and too much in-the-city, so we set out to find ourselves in the wide open, and arrived at the ocean. As it turns out, I am continually, unceasingly seeking the sea. And it is always right here. It was windy and cold but we stayed out a long while, the [...]
Giving Myself a Minute
I wrote this short piece for the annual newsletter of my meditation community and thought I would share it here. Just another example of learning to feel my feelings… I sit down on the couch and pick up my iPhone. My two boys are at my feet, making a meandering animal menagerie across the living [...]
Feeling My Feelings
The Buddha, in Lahaina on Maui A year ago, we were in Hawaii, cruising down the two-lane road from our little apartment, headed somewhere south… maybe to the botanical gardens. It was a longer drive, and the tension was high. Mica was fussing and uncomfortable. He didn’t want to go. He never does. He likes [...]
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