Mystery–A Video Concerning the Meaning of Life
Beans, Fences, Puppies
June, 2008, Earthsprings Today I harvested from the garden at Earthsprings this year’s first beans, squash, and tomatoes. Meantime, I discovered that, overnight, deer had [...]
Take Heart!
Take heart! Although the news each day seems more and more alarming, with political divisions and unrest at home and abroad that seem more and [...]
Aphrodite, an Archetype
Aphrodite, or Venus as the Romans called her, was greatly revered by the ancient peoples who loved to carve her image, write her poems, and [...]
Saying the Unsaid
They say (whoever they are, so saying), a picture’s worth a thousand words. A Picture. A painting. A Photo. An image. Worth more than words. [...]
Wyoming
For three days I’ve been roaming around Southern Wyoming, an aging gypsy woman in a muddy four-wheel drive truck, too long confined to Texas flat [...]
Introduction to Taoism, Lesson One, an Online Course
Taoism is a way of life practiced since the very earliest times in China. Its roots appear long before 500 BC. So it’s a very [...]
Taoism and Nature, Lesson Two, An Online Course
Until recently, many Chinese were still living and practicing the way of life Lao Tsu taught. There are many aspects to this way of life, and [...]
Self So, Lesson Three, Taoism- An Online Course
The Chinese ideogram that stands for the Tao is translated in many ways. Tzu-Jan, for example, stands for the Tao in its non-active form and can be translated as “Self [...]
Everything is Change, Lesson Four, Taoism-An Online Course
Taoism speaks of the Great Tao. Tao is not, we are told, a “being” but “a way of being.” It is not a noun but [...]
