Meditating with Eddie Murphy
If you think for a moment, there is a connection between meditation and comedy. First of all, they both require practice and a light...
Earth Day: Let’s protect the planet that supports us
Earth Day reminds us to stop pollution, environmental destruction, and climate change.
The lost art of knowing your neighbourhood
I was on the back deck and looked down and saw a woman who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. She said she...
Walking backwards
The more we do something, the easier it becomes. In fact, with repetition the brain grows neural pathways. It’s called learning. It also keeps...
Life on the fringe
Later in life Albert Einstein became a household name and a symbol, in a way, of the wise elder. While he had a healthy...
Lost in the funhouse
Remember when you were a kid and your parents took you to the local amusement park or the county fair? The merry-go-round, a small...
God save the Queen
When a Queen, stepping out of a limousine, glances up briefly, surreptitiously, to a rooftop, what does it mean? What is she looking for?...
Equinox
Morning Zoom meditations with Yogi Yogendra Mishra. He is in India. I am in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Chant the mantra out loud, then silently,...
Norm Macdonald, meet Joe Donovan
Saturday Night Live, not its original name, launched like a thunderbolt in 1975, at least to the younger generation. Attending Hampshire College in western...