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Category: The Spirit

How to Get Out of the Bottle Trap

Posted on March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 by

On Sunday night, I was driving back to my apartment in San Francisco at around midnight, using my friend Hanah’s car. I was dead tired after a long dance weekend in Oakland. My goal was to get to bed as early as possible… but the parking gods had other plans. Pulling up to my neighborhood,…

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Alternatives to the Social Media Nightcap?

Posted on January 12, 2020January 12, 2020 by

How do you wind down to get to sleep instead of social media surfing? Last night I came home from a lindy hop dance and started winding down to go to bed. It was a pretty good dance – I enjoyed a lot of the music, danced a bit, chatted with some friends. A fairly…

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What It’s Like Meditating as a Cat Owner

Posted on October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 by

Hey, Dad! Hey, Dad! Pay attention to me!

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If you are too busy to meditate…

Posted on August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 by

You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes a day. Unless you’re too busy, then you should sit for an hour. Ancient Zen Saying

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How I Motivate Myself to Meditate: Take 20 Breaths

Posted on July 20, 2019September 12, 2019 by

True Confession: I’m terrible at making time to meditate. As a college student, I was probably my most diligent at meditation, or prayer as I called it then as a born again Christian. I had a regular morning practice I followed, a list of people and concerns I prayed for, sacred texts that I read,…

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My 50th: Best Birthday Ever!

Posted on July 13, 2019July 13, 2019 by

Last December, it hit me out of the blue what I wanted to do for my 50th birthday. I was having dinner with my mother in a Filipino restaurant. In an adjoining dining room, we could hear some kind of party taking place. There was music, cake, food, dancing — the works. I thought to…

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Learning to Play Nicely with Others

Posted on June 24, 2019July 10, 2019 by

I was hanging out by a public pool the other day and was watching the little kids playing and interacting with each other. There was one young boy, maybe 5 or 6 years old, who seemed to be by himself. The other kids had siblings or friends that they were with. The boy REALLY wanted…

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A Vacation Can’t Make You Happy: Wisdom from SNL

Posted on May 24, 2019May 24, 2019 by

“Wherever you go, there you are.” I’m crying laughing because it’s true.

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World of Peacecraft: That Time My Fake News Story Went Viral

Posted on February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 by

About ten years ago, I was actively blogging about virtual worlds, focusing on developments in this technology, what people were creating in online worlds, and how this interacted with the real world. I was fairly well known, particularly in the Second Life subcommunities. I was also active in the Quaker faith, blogging frequently about my…

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In the Wise Words of Mother Flawless Sabrina…

Posted on November 27, 2018November 28, 2018 by

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of watching the show “Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce” at the Curran Theater with my friend Liz. Taylor Mac is a performance artist, drag queen, singer, and MacArthur Fellow. “Holiday Sauce” takes a fresh, critical, queer / liberal / feminist view of Christmas traditions and music, as told by a…

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