Daisies in the Garden


A number of years ago I had a conversation with a cherished friend and co-worker who is no longer in this body. I was explaining to her the yoga practice of samtosha (contentment), which is one of the five niyamas that make up the second limb of the eight-limbed path of yoga set forth in…
Do you ever stop to wonder about the ubiquitous, wildly patterned expanses of carpets at the big chain hotels? What might be the reasons for such carpets? 1. The carpet designers all ingested some kind of substance that gave them visions? 2. Patterns hide the dirt better than solids? 3. The interior designer wanted to…
I looked at these words hanging together and thought I wasn’t quite certain what was intended to be said. Consider: Read from top to bottom or try it out from left to right. Put in a comma or an exclamation point. Just an period or perhaps two. Omit punctuation entirely. Think of all the meanings…