There is no need for temples, No need for complicated philosophy My brain and my heart are my temples, My philosophy is Kindness. The Dalai Lama I was lucky enough to hear the Dalai Lama speak in Seattle when he was here for the Seeds of Compassion talks! [...]
In addition to all the excitement of seeing the visiting Snowy Owls on the beach both yesterday and today, we had our annual Winter Solstice Hatha Yoga Retreat at Ocean Shores this weekend. We had so much fun! Winter can be exhilarating and invigorating here at the coast! I will [...]
We are having an outstanding weekend here at Ocean Shores! This is our annual Winter Solstice Hatha Yoga Retreat. As with every retreat, I seem to go go go non stop until the group arrives. And then once the retreat begins, I immerse myself in this singular experience of being [...]
Photo of the day: My nephew, John, just sent me this photo he took of his brother, Vince, in Grotte, Sicily with my aunt, Zia Maria. Zia Maria is one of my mom's older sisters! She is absolutely amazing at 93 years old. She is sturdy, feisty, fiercely independent, and [...]
Tomas Transtromer, in his collected poem, The Great Enigma, writes: "My maternal grandfather, Carl Helmer Westerberg, was born in 1860. He was a ship's pilot and a very good friend of mine, seventy-one years older than myself. Oddly enough, the same difference in age existed between him and his own [...]