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Shoulder season euphoria

Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, April 8, 2012 Off-season, thank god. Seriously, what if we lived in the real world and didn’t have a bunch of weeks of unpaid leave, and had to just keep going to our jobs and doing tasks and problem solving day-in day-out 52 weeks a year excluding a few chintzy days…… Continue reading Shoulder season euphoria

Rudraksha

Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, March 25, 2012 It is 1983 and hot, sticky summertime in New York, and the six-person ad agency where I work is empty except for me, the girl who answers the phone, buys radio time and waits for ad copywriting scraps like a dog on its hind legs. When the front…… Continue reading Rudraksha

March Memo

Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, March 11, 2012 In March, the world — an orb — cracks like an egg and life hatches. Sneaks and spills and breaks and whispers out, and we who see and salute it are the lucky ones. In March, robins return and flocks of little brown birds explode through the sky…… Continue reading March Memo

Gingermane (reflections of a semi-tough cookie)

Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, February 26, 2012 [This interview follows a guided gingerbread “man” meditation from several weeks ago.] MCW: So, here we are. Thanks for agreeing to speak with me. Gingerbread Being: You can pick me up, gently, so I can see you and so we can talk. And you shouldn’t make this sound…… Continue reading Gingermane (reflections of a semi-tough cookie)

Morning meditation and the gumdrop chakra

Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, February 12, 2012 Lie down on the floor — arms and legs out, like a gingerbread man. Imagine you have two gumdrop eyes and a big, messy, icing mouth, the kind gingerbread “men” have. Now tell yourself you are neither man nor woman, you are a spice cake, clove and cardamom…… Continue reading Morning meditation and the gumdrop chakra

Codependent once more!

Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, January 29, 2012 I’m on the website of cat behaviorist Jackson Galaxy (the host of a show I have just discovered, My Cat from Hell) reading about spirit essences, and scanning the dozens of ingredients listed in a promising little vial called Feral Cat Rehabilitation, a list which includes not only…… Continue reading Codependent once more!