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Archive for March, 2008

How to Make Your Bed from the Inside Out in six easy steps

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

For those of you who like how to articles…for those of you who like tips articles…for those of you who have a hard time getting out of bed…staying out of bed…or, just making your bed once you’re out of bed…this one, dear hearts, is for you. Partly tongue in cheek, and partly emminently practical for […]

“Riding Grace: A Triumph of the Soul,” by Alissa Lukara—Evocative Memoir Brings Voice to Silent Survivors

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

“Reading Riding Grace is like watching a lotus emerge out of murky waters. It emerges, not in one dramatic gesture, but in stages; a stem, a leaf, a petal. This book is an inspiration to anyone seeking deep healing.” Jacqueline Kramer, Author of Buddha Mom:The Path of Mindful Mothering, 10 Spiritual Practices for Busy Parents

Riding […]

Shifting Publishing Paradigms: On the Cusp, in conversation with Hal Zina Bennett

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Technological change totally changes how we all live, how we think—it produces huge consciousness shifts.
Hal Zina Bennett is the author of over 31 successful fiction and non-fiction books on creativity, health, shamanism, and personal development. He teaches seminars throughout the U.S. and has support groups for writers in four states. As a creativity and writing […]

Obama on Race & Politics: “A More Perfect Union” Speech—video & text links

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Click here to view YouTube video of Obama’s powerful speech on race and politics in America: “A More Perfect Union.”
Click here to read entire text of Obama’s speech on race on politics in America delivered in Philadelphia, March 18, 2008.
In my view, this speech will go down in history as a classic speech in American […]

Listen to Riehl’s “Memento Mori: Life and Death, Moment by Moment” at Universalist Unitarian Church of Riverside

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

“Child and Hawk Dream,” by Judy Tart
Click here to find an audio link of my talk “Memento Mori: Life and Death Moment by Moment” at the Universalist Unitarian Church of Riverside on March 16, 2008. You’ll also hear brief cello interludes by Dennis Dettloff. About 20 minutes. Unfortunately, this doesn’t give you Tiffany Alvarado’s […]

Journeys: From Los Angeles to Riverside

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

The world flashes by as we touch the ground. I’ve been to L. A. by car and by train before, but this is my first time to fly in. My conversation with an IT consultant from Southern India on migration, culture, and history mingles with the site of green, tiny flowers on the airstrip, and […]

Read O.A. Scott’s “Stories from a World in Motion” essay in NY Times

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

“It seems fair to say that in the world today there are not many stories bigger or more complicated than the movement of large groups of people from one country to another. And yet, perhaps because it is so vast and complex, it is a story that can be comprehended only in its fine-grained, human […]

Mission Inn Hotel, Riverside, California (National Historic Landmark Hotel and Spa)

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

“It is the most unique hotel in America. It’s a monastery, a museum, a fine hotel, a home, a boardinghouse, a mission, an art gallery and an aviator’s shrine. It combines the best features of all of the above. If you are ever in any part of California, don’t miss the famous Mission Inn […]

Obama’s Mother Profiled by Janny Scott in NY Times’ Long Run Series: “A Free-Spirited Wanderer Who Set Obama’s Path”

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Courtesy of the Obama family
Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro with son Barack in Hawaii.
I’m in love this morning with Janny Scott’s NY Times profile “A Free-Spirited Wanderer Who Set Obama’s Path” which so delicately traces the “unconventional life of Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro, the parent who most shaped Mr. Obama”.
A Mother’s Influence is part of […]

Flying on Julia’s 65th birthday, up there in the sky together—I’m writing thank you notes: this one’s for you.

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

For me, family dates are engraved on my heart. March 13th will ever be Julia’s day. Will ever be my sister’s birthday. She lives within us, and curiously, seems to age right along with us. On this birthday, and every birthday, she lives beyond her death day.

In 2005 on the first birthday after Julia’s death […]