In every movement the entire body should be light and agile and all of its parts connected like a string of pearls. T’ai Chi Ch’uan Classic Typically interpreted to describe the flowing of energy within the body in the course of...
Read MoreIsn’t it fascinating when things don’t go according to plan, when an unanticipated anomaly or counter-intuitive occurrence shifts the landscape, revealing new, often unimagined possibilities. Isn’t this what...
Read More“What world are you living in? You really have to accept the world as it is and not get caught up in things that are simply not possible.” Ah, the “world as it is” and “not possible.” During...
Read More“You’re just not going to find your way around here very well without making some big adjustments,” Dennis started out, and right away I knew I was in for some uncomfortable observations that were sure to...
Read MoreIn the wake of the downing of a jetliner by a flock of geese, ending with a miraculous soft landing into the Hudson River, I noted on my FaceBook site, “Apparently even a single goose can still take down a...
Read MoreThe singing, that’s a big part of what I remember from my community development work with the Institute of Cultural Affairs. I had forgotten for a time, but now I remember. My memories were revived by watching the Singing...
Read MoreToday, virtually every family lives in diaspora; and the population of most neighborhoods and communities seems to be churning at an accelerating pace, largely driven by the severity of economic conditions, but also influenced...
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Some moments become almost mythical in experience and memory, creating a broader frame of...
Read MoreAll at once, viewed from the coffee shop window, a flock of fifty or so pigeons lifted off and rose into the air, swooping and wheeling in ragtag unison–once…twice…three times–only to gradually reassemble...
Read MoreI had returned to Oklahoma after several months on special assignment to Alaska to discover that Bumpy wasn’t Bumpy anymore–he was Gary. Of course, he was always Gary, but like many folks around town, he was known by...
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