She wanted to decode her beautiful, quirky genome
…we are each of us temporary depositories of information that has an almost eternal life, and which is passed on and on and on… Lone Frank, My Beautiful Genome Staring at the luminous model...
View ArticleSummer evening meditation, week 1
Tonight I attended the first of five mindfulness-based stress reduction classes, which include instruction in meditation. Four years ago, I took a similar series of classes; this summer I hope to renew...
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Meditation at the pond, 7:30 am. For my mindfulness meditation class, this week we are to record one pleasurable moment each day. Here are two: Friday morning: helping a medical student find...
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Under the pergola A moment of pleasure: Sitting under the pergola at my brother’s house outside of Cleveland. Taking in the Cleveland-ness of being here. I can’t really explain this. Something in the...
View ArticleThe Cancer Survivor’s Garden Companion
“‘Don’t let cancer define you, Jenny.’ So how did I not let cancer define me? Not knowing anything better, I simply kept doing what I knew to do. And one of those things was gardening….I’m not going...
View ArticleSacred pauses
I’ve been wondering how to render my long, isolating, pandemic days so they are meaningful, enjoyable, and conducive to doing the deep writing and other work I’ve been wanting to do. It just so...
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