Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, August 1, 2025 “We live in a digital world, but we’re fairly analog creatures.” –Omar Ahmad On a morning walk recently, and tuning into a health podcast I found at the last minute, what often happens with information happened again: The subject I’m interested in finds me, all algorithms aside. Though…… Continue reading Digital freeze out
Category: mindfulness
Cotton candy, chutes and ladders
Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, June 21, 2024 “Because of this inner busyness, which is going on almost all the time, we are liable either to miss a lot of the texture of our life experience or to discount its value and meaning.” John Kabat-Zinn, Full Catastrophe Living The bottom line? It’s kind of a mess.…… Continue reading Cotton candy, chutes and ladders
Starting now: Idle a while
Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, January 18, 2024 “The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” Sydney J. Harris The summer after college graduation, I moved to New York from the family home in the Northwest to start a new life. I decided to go via Canadian Pacific Railway, coach class, which…… Continue reading Starting now: Idle a while
To breathe, and not to breathe
Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, January 4, 2024 “The perfect human breathing is as if we are not breathing at all.” – Lao Tzu A few years ago, a friend of mine – an 80-year-old psychologist – pulled me aside at the end of a brunch gathering and whispered to me that we had to speak.…… Continue reading To breathe, and not to breathe
Michelle Curry Wright 