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The day is full of good intentions, beautiful friends, and blessings all around. I could write about the way the sangha came together at the end of a weekend program, the teachings resonating [...]

I have a feeling inside me that is like a poem for Viva, but under pressure it is difficult to communicate in verse. In preparation for tomorrow night’s poetry reading, featuring Mendy Knott, I [...]

I am not cut out for this. Who am I kidding? “Well, I mean. I’m available, but I can’t give my attention exclusively to you,” Keller says. And it is not as though I was really attached to him, [...]

I will be completely, embarrassingly honest: I frame my entire day different in my mind because tonight I am going to BigCity, NC for meditation. Keller will be back from vacation and in [...]

I have put in a twelve hour day: A morning helping young children with math and language and singing happy Earth songs, and the afternoon and evening serving lunch, treats, and espresso to a [...]

Alex’s mom Callie comes by to deliver fresh eggs. Ordinarily, I leave $2 for her in the mailbox (a mile down the road) and she leaves a dozen eggs in exchange. But today is Tuesday [...]

Today at the Montessori school the kids were dropping like flies. This is supposed to be my last morning with the 9-12 classroom (I only agreed to provide help for the winter for this group, [...]

Tom smiles when he notices how cracked up we are. “We’re not high, I swear,” I say between giggles. “We’re just addicted,” Jill chimes in, “to espresso porn!” And we are off, roaring again like [...]

Today is opening day at the craft school for the coffeehouse. What this really means is that all the work-study students arrive, hauling their duffels up ancient flights of cottage steps into [...]

I go to Hottenanny down at the old health clinic across the river. This is where all the mountain musicians come out of the woodwork for a night and sit around in a circle passing songs back and [...]