by Samantha on January 29, 2008
Sometimes we see our life not by how close we are to it, in it…as it were, but by moving away from the center, as in taking a vacation, or being sick, perhaps even entering the oh so foreign territory of being on our dying journey. Sometimes just the change in language reveals us to [...]
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Adam Gopnick,
Adho Mukha,
morality,
passport,
vacation
by Samantha on January 9, 2008
I’ve tried to take down the tree on three separate occasions. I couldn’t/can’t do it. We always take the tree down the week after Christmas, as in “You’re out’a here!” This year, this tree is different. It feels like a felony to de-nude her. She continues to hold a magic that touches me/us personally, and [...]
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backache,
Christmas,
contemplation,
de-nuding felony,
Magical,
queen of trees,
Sphinx Pose,
spine,
Sral Pose,
Yin
by Samantha on January 1, 2008
Is there anything more inviting than the first blank page of a new journal on a New Year’s morning? Such possibility spreads out before us! No messy squiggles, no regrets crossed out to mar a lovely landscape. The page, pure and hopeful lies empty, ready and wanting to soak up thought and prod creativity. I [...]
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blank page,
gratitude,
habits,
listening,
New Year,
Starting over