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The Last Flip of the Perpetual Calendar
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
... teacher I want to be. And maybe it’s just that old conditioned pattern of yearning that seems to be glued to body and soul. The good thing about returning to the busy-ness of full-time professorship ...
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July 2010 Reading
(Influences/Influences)
... a fun and informative book. Beavan makes a serious attempt to live eco-effectively, and in the process does some really funny things. Lots of good advice, lots of good humor, and enough research ...
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Final Summary of Sabbatical Activities
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
... Attended Wellness and Writing Conference in Atlanta Presented 90-minute workshop on RCC study. October 31 > Attended an all-day workshop given by author Richard Goodman ...
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July 2010 State-of-the-Household Letter
(Journal/Journal)
... like Iron Man, and now I’m cleared to walk on my own, though it would be an exaggeration to call my ambulation walking. It’s more of a goose-like hobble. But, the good news is my amazing body is healing ...
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Twelve Doors is Leaving Home
(Twelve Doors/Twelve Doors)
... Twelve Doors on its way is making sure it gets a good look-over from copy-editor Terry Godbey. Then I’ll print some copies just so I have concrete proof that I actually did something with my sabbatical ...
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Remorse, TN
(My Writing/Poetry)
... at the time. The good part of me knows that devotion begets love, patience begets compassion, prayer begets peace. But that didn’t happen. So finally, on a night when everything seemed just ...
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Where Do Prompts Come From?
(Twelve Doors/Twelve Doors)
... And those stories, real or not, may help you see yourself in new ways. They may help you gain insight into how you feel or why you behave the way to do. A good prompt will inevitably lead the writer to ...
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Craving and Clinging at Publix
(Journal/Journal)
... peace at Publix, a bagger brought over a balloon on a string and affixed it to the waistband of one of the girls. She beamed, preened, and looked around for recognition of her great good fortune. As ...
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Misguided Yogi
(Lessons from the Mat/Lessons from the Mat)
... have the practice that Theresa has, but I have thought that through hard and regular practice, I could become good enough at performing asana. This has been my dirty little secret. But now, with ...
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Live Life Beyond Words
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
... what I’ve been reading? When does understanding descend? It does not feel good. All this advice has my head spinning, my heart pulled in all directions. Is this a message? Does my body know something ...
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Lean in to the Difficulty
(Influences/Influences)
... a tough place. We fall back on the old story of not being good enough to do this. It’s amazing how hard we can be on ourselves, harder than we would ever be on a fellow writer. Eventually, we can get ...
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Can You Wiggle Your Toes?
(Journal/Journal)
... time of the year. I cannot bike. I cannot teach yoga. I cannot clean my house or even feed myself very easily. Everything is difficult, every move an effort. Good reasons to be disappointed. But ...
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April 2010 Reading
(Influences/Influences)
... uncover the jewel of our authentic nature by cutting through the habitual concepts of self” Key word: witnessing Key word: not getting caught up in judging experience as good or bad Key word: ...
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In This New Space
(Journal/Journal)
... me to reflect on. 1. What is the foot trying to say to me? 2. What is this space of time that I now have here to teach me? 3. How can this time be spent for my highest good? 4. Instead of resisting ...
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A New Kind of Balance
(Journal/Journal)
... to answer the big questions: who am I? why am I here? how am I to use this life? It is a practice that helps us move ever more deeply into the basic goodness and wisdom that reside at the core of our ...
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Devotion to the Practice
(Journal/Journal)
... drawn to her, the gardens, and her work. I am dedicated to learning to be a good yoga teacher and to developing my own deep ashtanga yoga practice. Part of my distress with the foot injury I’ve ...
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Pop
(Journal/Journal)
... the stairs on my butt, pushing the crutches ahead of me. I hop my way down the stairs, hanging dearly to the railing and wobbling precariously on what is now my “good leg,” the one on which I had knee ...
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The Right Tool for the Right Job
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
... just skim the rake over the mulch, and it pulls only the leaves and other loose debris, leaving the mulch undisturbed. And it reaches deftly a good foot beyond my own reach, giving me easy access to shady ...
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What is Your Dharma This Year?
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
... yoga and writing. For five days we practice yoga, pranayama, and meditation, write to Jeffrey’s prompts, and engage in lots of good conversation about literature, how to read it, and how to create it. ...
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February 2010 Reading
(Influences/Influences)
... dogs in them and cry. I’d buy dog calendars. I’d fantasize about how I’d be in the world with a dog now that I lived in Winter Park and close to my work. But I keep coming up with good reasons ...