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A quiet and tranquil evening at home in Daydreaming on the Porch
I walk up the steps to the porch after a long, tired but glad to be home. The streets are quiet, the sounds of children are gone from the sidewalks. I notice once again the tall oaks lining the s...
The weirdly beautiful world of fungi in Daydreaming on the Porch
Regarding my rituals of walking in the woods at nearby nature preserves or state parks, I said to someone recently, “I mostly am looking either down at the ground or up into the trees or sky.” ...
Acceptance versus rejection in Daydreaming on the Porch
BK Shivani is a teacher in the Brahma Kumaris spiritual movement in India. In one of her talks, she says, (and I am paraphrasing) Someone, somewhere, at some moment will not meet our expectations...
Brave New World? in Daydreaming on the Porch
Until a few months ago, I didn’t know much about Hinduism, but then I discovered learning opportunities through teachers and sages on YouTube, and my horizons have expanded. Previously, I’d just...
“Ordinary mysticism” in Daydreaming on the Porch
There are times when I feel most connected to life in the awareness of fleeting experiences that come to me in little epiphanies during the day. It doesn’t matter where I am. They are predicated ...
The stream in Daydreaming on the Porch
Gypsy Spirit recently posted a beautiful and evocative entry about a walk during which she discovered a tiny stream and a house and a garden that filled her with delight and awe. Cherry blossom...
Seeking a calm place in the storm in Daydreaming on the Porch
I was going through things earlier this evening as I sorted and packed boxes for my big move, and came across this poem written in December 1978 when I was 27. It was the first actual, serious p...
Some thoughts and implications about Internet overload in Daydreaming on the Porch
I’m a former journalist, and it was my life at one time when I was younger. I was totally caught up in every aspect of news. That career and way of life ended rather abruptly 30 years ago, and ...
Surfing music from the 60s lifts my spirits in Daydreaming on the Porch
Do you remember the surfing songs from the 60s? They became big hits and classics for iconic groups such as The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, and of course, instrumental groups such as The Chantays...
Cycles in Daydreaming on the Porch
Our minds create the experience of both happiness and suffering, and the ability to find peace lies within us… According to Tibetan medicine, living in peace, free from emotional afflictions, and...
Woodland Dreams in Daydreaming on the Porch
…if thou hast learned a truth which needs No school of long experience, that the world Is full of guilt and misery, and has seen Enough of all its sorrows, crimes and cares, To tire thee of it, e...
The past is never really past in Daydreaming on the Porch
Someone, oh so gently, implied recently that perhaps I dwell a bit too much in the past, and that is an interesting thought. But to that I have to say this: “Well, yes. I return to the past in my...
One way of looking at things in Daydreaming on the Porch
I have been asking why I’m here most of my life. If there’s a purpose, I don’t care anymore. I’m 74. I’m on my way out. Let the young people learn the hard way, like I did. No one ever told m...
A crystal cave, lost, then found in Daydreaming on the Porch
The geode — crystals within a hollow, round rock — is one of the most beautiful and miraculous objects in Nature. Just try to imagine how the super hot liquid rock, the magma, cools from its fi...
Evelyn’s: A Portrait of Aging and Grace in Daydreaming on the Porch
One of the wondrous accomplishments of the best documentary photography is that it delves into and captures the very heart and soul of a subject, whether it be a person or a place. That is what ...
A source of light in a troubled world in Daydreaming on the Porch
Yesterday’s headlines and news were so awful: 1,00,000 left without power in the New Orleans area afterHurricane Ida blew through: a massive California wildfire threatens to consume towns in th...
This day in Daydreaming on the Porch
Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life. For yesterday is already a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision; But today, well-lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and ev...
Time keeps flowing... in Daydreaming on the Porch
Time keeps flowing, like a river, to the sea… Alan Parsons Project Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up. Pearl S. Buck As I si...
Moving on with sadness and love in Daydreaming on the Porch
I’ve been living in pandemic bubble for the past year and a half, a little solitary dream world of doing exactly what I wanted, keeping safe and isolated until the vaccine came along this Spring,...
Tapping into our core values and bedrock wisdom in Daydreaming on the Porch
What are some of the key truths about yourself that you learn over a lifetime? My strong sense of self - of who I am - discovered and strengthened over a lifetime, has helped me get through jarr...
Funny, sad, thought-provoking and crazy bumper stickers in Daydreaming on the Porch
It’s Monday afternoon and I still have a ton of things to do. But, it being Monday in particular, I feel I have to be caught up on the news from my dozens of sources. But it seems like it’s all...
On the path to extinction in Daydreaming on the Porch
Human-caused global warming over the last 100 years, and resulting climate change and alteration of worldwide habitats on land and at sea, have resulted in countless species extinctions, and the...
Leaving a trace in Daydreaming on the Porch
I often think about some of the jobs I ‘ve had over the years, googling the names of various newspapers and organizations I have been a part of, seeing what came up, if anything much at all, an...
Time and caregiving (Revisited) in Daydreaming on the Porch
It’s been a year and a half since my mother passed away at 96. Memories of the ten years I took care of her in her home have slowly started to fade, not that they won’t always be with me, it’s j...
Code Red for Humanity in Daydreaming on the Porch
Headline this afternoon: Greece faces ‘disaster of unprecedented proportions’ as wildfires ravage the country Code Red That’s the message that comes out of the latest United Nations Intergover...
