. Lately, I’ve been counting my blessings. Walking kitchen scraps out to the compost, I thank the Gods and spirits who bless the garden...

Have you ever felt like just giving up? I get notes from people saying they just can’t try, that trying is for the privileged, or the...

A Muslim friend once translated the adhan, or Call to Prayer as: “Come to prayer! Come to your success!” It has stayed with me for many...

There are many books written on self-love, probably more than are written on selfishness, though we could likely debate that. I’m not...

Sometimes we must move forward into will without a full sense of knowing our desire. We have a subtle wish, or an unnameable yearning, or...

photo by Forrest Sargent I want to tell you today of the child of a magician who has learned to make his own magick. Whenever you or I...

Emeryville Taiko by Pato Man Upon invitation to join a Japanese New Year’s celebration, I went to see mochi pounding and hear a Taiko...