Spare Change?
I hope you get a chance to read this…quite entertaining and shows the power of metaphor and imagination at work…to illuminate our current political process.
Recently I encountered a man with a talent for asking questions. In addition to standard first date questions, he asked stuff in a new way that provoked new responses. I’ve re-constructed these in a Q & A format starting with the standard questions and moving on from there. Trust me, I asked my own questions,…
Ever been afraid when you were trying to start, carry through, or come to a conclusion on a creative project? Here’s some help from the Creative Catalyst little ol’ me, on Story Circle blog Telling Her Stories.
I’m in Squaw Valley, California, along with 300 other students at the annual Rigpa (my Tibetan Buddhist group) fall retreat. We’re staying in luxury at the Squaw Creek Resort. Many of us are handling details of business and family life while we’re here. Cell phones and laptops abound. It’s a ten day retreat…mostly a teaching…
Dedicated educator Doug Johnson inspires us with these thoughts. –JGR __________________________ The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference.The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference, and the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.— Elie Wiesel Teaching the poor, like any other human…
See part 2 of “Anita’s Story” here. Vision: Anita’s Story by Alan Brody I wonder how vision and emotion intertwine in the infant child, in those early days before its eyes have focused. Many times I watched my own children gazing into the face of their mother as they suckled, pondering the miracle of love…
One of the better side benefits from dedicated blogging is that you make friends. Sometimes, very good friends. If you aren’t a pro-blogger, you meet others similarly involved in this labor of love. I’ve been lucky in the friends Riehlife has attracted to our village. Two such friends, as yet unseen, are poet Stephen Kuusisto…
I find it quite sad that voters are being “taken in” again by Karl Rove. God help us for the next 4 years. My husband and I had hoped to retire, but skyrocketing health care costs (with no help in sight) will keep us working until we die.
And the economy? I’m sure McCain will entrust his ol’ buddy Phil Gramm to fix that.