I was listening to the Ten Percent Happier podcast yesterday with Roshi Joan Halifax, and it left me in tears. Not necessarily sad tears, but tears of empathy. We are in a radical state of uncertainty, and what matters right now is love. Grief teaches us how much we love.
When the Covid crisis began, I started doing ‘loving kindness’ meditations, where you give compassion to yourself and to others through a series of repeated mantras. I am not a…
I’ve been trying to get this recipe posted for over a week now, but finding the time to write has been challenging. Did I actually say the other day that…
In this uncertain time of a worldwide pandemic–words I never thought I would say-I’m seeking peace and a big inhale-exhale with words and with food. It feels like the two…
My niece recently showed me a meme about how bloggers write a whole dissertation about how much their husbands love guacamole before sharing the recipe for guacamole when readers just…
We’ve just started thinking about our next trip to Israel, probably next June. I think this will be my sixth trip, and I never get tired of it. Part of…
I didn’t grow up eating ethnic food. Exotic meals included taco nights, with crispy taco shells filled with seasoned ground beef and shredded lettuce and cheddar cheese, or a Bisquick-crust…
Every night, after bath and pajamas and the wrangling that is brushing a willful two-and-a-half year old’s teeth, Theo and I go into his room, dim the lights and get…