Take ten minutes and breath deeply. Ask the “soft animal of your body” what it really needs right now.

“For you are dust, and unto dust you shall return.”

Genesis 3: 19 from the Hebrew Scriptures

This year I will attempt to honor both by using the Christian practice of Lent to offer musings based in the mystical experience and writings.

Friday morning, February 16 I got the news that my mother had died. Quite honestly I felt it more as a gift than a tragedy.

So here is the deal. I am not sure exactly what I am going to write over the next six weeks.