There is much that we can’t control. This has always been true, of course, but it’s never been more apparent than now, in both our personal sphere and in the […]
Metaphysics
METAPHYSICS: THE LONG VIEW
Lessons of a Horrible Year
2020 taught us much about grief, self-deception, and hope
TRURO — Philosophy trains the mind to take the long view of things. You try to take yourself out of the picture and see things as they truly are, undistorted […]
BODY/MIND
In the Spirit of Sangha, Don’t Go It Alone
With Covid depleting our social capital, mutual aid is good for your health
“See you Friday night at Sangha!” Hugh said to me on the way out the door. I looked at the schedule on the back of my manual and sure enough: […]
WHILE I WAS SLEEPING
Don’t Riot, Dance
In a time of disparagement, we need resistance fired by love
Some folks are legends, some are magic, some magnificent. Terry and Jo Harvey Allen, longtime residents of Santa Fe, N.M., are all that and more. A brilliant songwriter, Terry has […]
BODY/MIND
Isolation Workarounds
Quarantine pods, weighted blankets, and Earthing our way through
I’ve learned some things navigating this new normal as a single person living in a one-bedroom apartment. One is that there are things we can do to adapt and get […]
MATTERS OF FAITH
Finding New Ways to Worship
“New occasions teach new duties,” James Russell Lowell declared in a poem from which was drawn a familiar hymn, “Once to Every Man and Nation.” That sentiment is providing a […]
BODY/MIND
The Inner Marathon of a Silent Meditation
Embracing stillness, with an itchy nose
For as long as I can remember, there’s been a raucous dialogue in my head. Do this. Definitely don’t do that. Is that thing I said okay? Do they like […]
Metaphysics
A Sense of Place
Taking care of internal business
Places that matter can help define us. For much of my life, the Outer Cape has molded a substantial piece of my inner being. My folks were renters, then residents […]
metaphysics
Ghost Hunters Are a Spirited Group
Cape-based paranormal detectives see their work as more science-based than sensational
Ghost hunter Joni Kosmach points a hand-held infrared camera into the shadows. Black, metallic, and blinking with strange energy, it looks like something a Navy SEAL might wield — or […]
METAPHYSICS
Persephone on the Sagamore Bridge
The sadness of leaving one set of pleasures for another
Driving west over the Sagamore Bridge in early October, heading back to Chicago, I sighed as I realized I was once again doing my biannual Persephone act. Ah, but which […]
metaphysics
Forest-Dwellers on the Outer Cape
The enchantment of living on borrowed time
TRURO — “Autumn is over the long leaves that love us,” wrote William Butler Yeats. The first harbingers of autumn are suddenly over the Outer Cape, as we see the […]
next month in review
What Tarot Foretells
The Ten of Swords loosens our logical minds
Artists, poets, therapists, fortune-tellers all understand that the urge to uncover meaning in an apparently random arrangement is an aspect of the human condition. We long for personal messages whispered […]
