Impossible to pick a favorite poem. 

But impossible to go wrong with Leonard Cohen. 

FOOD TASTES GOOD

Food tastes good

But I’d rather not eat

Touching a beautiful young woman

is a great honour

in this vale of tears

forgive me if I pass on this… Read full post »

“In reality, hell is not such an intention of God as it is an invention of man. God is love and people are precious. Authentic truth is not so much taught or learned as it is remembered. Somewhere in your pre-incarnate consciousness you were loved absolutely because you were. Loved absolutely!… Read full post »

I found out through email.

The subject line read: “Won’t you please pray for our friend Sam?” I opened the email and read and then nearly fell to my knees.

Sam’s symptoms: headaches, double vision, slurred speech, difficulty walking and swallowing. The diagnosis: Gliob… Read full post »

“Love is a religion, organized around a fallible god.”

- Jorge luis Borges

Love is a mystery

I look at this picture of us

and it looks like love to me.

And I’d like to think that we saw something

something beautiful and unique

something we… Read full post »

“She looks the same naked as she does with her clothes on”, one of my students whispered to another after my yoga class. My students often remark on my body. It is the yardstick against which they measure their progress. Does my pose look like hers? My ha… Read full post »