House-hunting On The Spiritual Path
Life is a spiritual journey, if you choose to approach it that way. It is a quest for answers to the ultimate questions: Who am…
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Magic On The Pathway
Standing on an ancient street in Varanasi, India, I watched crowds of people taking their final steps on a once in a lifetime pilgrimage into…
Aging as a Spiritual Journey
An issue of The Spokesman Review published a letter from “Louise A,” an 81-year-old woman seeking advice from columnist Annie Lane. She was doing everything…
Lessons From “Yoda” The Dog
“Hello. My name is Yoda. I am an eleven year old Shih Tzu dog that my person adopted from the Humane Society when I was…
Finding The Energy To Change
The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on everyone, and it’s not over yet. How are we all managing to get through it? One of my…
The Friends You Keep
One way to get a “jump” on aging – that is, to prepare for it earlier in life – is to make good friends and…
Living With Gratitude
From 1958-1963, The Naked City, a police drama set and filmed on the streets of New York City, aired on ABC television. It was my…
What Can Animals Teach Us?
Researchers tell us that we can learn a lot about happiness and wellbeing from animals, and my own experience confirms this. They are great teachers,…
When Silence Speaks
Nothing much to do this morning…. I could watch several old episodes of the “Twilight Zone” or maybe I should take a hike in the…
Beauty in All Ages
What makes you find pleasure in another person’s appearance? The way we look is important to most of us, and it is human nature to…