Happy Sunday! Today is a pretty quiet day as far as any special events or meetings for my non-profit humane society, Animal Education and Rescue (AEAR). Taking advantage of the warmer weather (yay!) a couple of AEAR's older youth club kids are coming over to help clean/organize the storage areas, office and the van. That [...]
This morning I woke up and sat down with my magnificent and delicious morning coffee and logged onto my personal Facebook page. The following is a post I saw first thing, from my friend Collette: "A very dear friend has taught me to come from a place of love, with a open heart, to smile [...]
Many years ago I made a decision not to watch or read the news. Most of it is negative and scared the heck out of people...including me. My attitude is that if I really need to know something important someone close to me will tell me. If there is nothing I can do about whatever [...]
If you're reading this and are on this web site you have thought about improving and enriching your life. Maybe you've always been intrigued by Buddhism or you are a very spiritually-minded person. In any case and at the very least you are curious about the concepts of what we have to offer here. Some [...]
As of late there has been so much more terror happening in the world. While there are always bad things happening, the every day "bad stuff" isn't necessarily in the daily, mainstream news. But the two recent bombings and the situation with the refugees is all over the news. I don't even watch or read [...]
Heading farther into fall, the sun setting earlier and the weather colder, I thought I’d take a moment to share with you some tips on two important vitamins, B and D. If you are vegetarian like I am you are NOT getting enough vitamin B12 in your diet. Vitamin B12 plays a critical role in the [...]
In Buddhism we are taught to be mindful, to listen in the moment to ourselves, the physical world and those people that are all around us. It’s something that I think is good practice for everyone, whether you are Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, whatever. It’s a practice, this listening, this mindfulness. It’s not something we learn [...]