Category: Beginner’s Mind (Mine)

  • Clean surface before applying meaning! (From the metaphorground series)

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, July 21, 2013 Today I wake up and it’s like being on Mars. It is being on Mars, rather, because I can’t see a single simile as I scan the new day, from the ripening, blossoming flower of the sun to the gauzy veil of dust motes hanging on the curtain…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Care Was Taken Here

    Telluride Daily Planet, Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Cousine Christine, second wife of Bernard (psychiatrist and first cousin), hoists her luggage onto the mattress. “Your sheets are cotton, right?” She looks at me. “Because, I’m allergic to anything that has polyester in it.” “They’re cotton,” I say. “Of course, they’re cotton.” Actually, there’s a slim chance I’ve…