Category: Mental Health

Stillness as medicine

Telluride Times, Thursday, December 26, 2025 “The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.” – Rumi Remember, just a short time ago –15-20 years, say — when it was considered rude for someone to be talking on their cell phone at the grocery store? I specifically recall my own indignation when a…… Continue reading Stillness as medicine

Healthy, stealthy and wise

Telluride Times, Thursday, December 11, 2025 “Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” –Jimi Hendrix Growing up, I loved this ‘70s TV show called Kung Fu, starring David Carradine as a Shaolin mixed-race monk returned from China to track down his half-brother in the American West. (It loses a bit in the translation.) Kwai-Chang Caine’s flashbacks featured…… Continue reading Healthy, stealthy and wise

Turkey talk

Telluride Daily Planet, e-edition, Friday, November 21, 2025 Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. — Melody Beattie Every time I see a rafter of turkeys — another word for flock, I have learned — a little gold wildlife-sighting star lands on my shoulder like a…… Continue reading Turkey talk

After the fall

Telluride Daily Planet, e-edition, Friday, November 7, 2025 He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring We have the privilege of living high in the mountains, where our fall season…… Continue reading After the fall

Wearable but not washable

Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, September 26, 2025 We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human nature. — John Naisbitt In the 1970s, which seems almost like the Twilight Zone at this point, I’d often flip through the Seattle Times until I got to the “funnies” page…… Continue reading Wearable but not washable