The Art of Reconciliation

I don’t know how to fix things. I don’t know how to make things work again once they fail. I’m … More

Making the Count: Our Rights and Duties

Election season is upon us, again. It is a joyous time, one full of demanding intellectual rigor, requiring contemplation and … More

My Essay In The Mindfulness Bell

Dear Friends and Family, Happily, one of my essays has just been published in the Autumn 2016 issue of The … More

“Invitation” by Mary Oliver

    Oh do you have time to linger for just a little while out of you busy   and … More

Excerpts from James Allen’s “As A Man Thinketh”

 From “Visions & Ideals” Cherish you visions; cherish you ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty … More

The Missing Word in the Black Lives Matter Movement

Like many of us, I’m deeply wounded by the regular enactments of violence in the United States, no matter the … More

Video: Walking With Our Parents (A Tribute to the Survivors of Slavery)

  Walking With Our Ancestors is a collaborative film, created as a tribute to the survivors of slavery and to … More

A Crash Course in Aikido: Living a Healthy, Memorable Life with Martial Arts

Most of us don’t start thinking about health and longevity until an unexpected death occurs. Fortunately, we don’t have to … More

Springtime at Stonebridge Farm: A Photo Essay

    A warm thank-you to Jaydon Galindo-Lovell for curating, editing photos and collaborating on the arrangement of this photo … More

Centuries in the Making: The Legacies of New Orleans, A Retrospective

Skirting the mighty Mississippi River, a formidable body of water that enabled the trafficking of millions of Africans to her … More