For some reason I’ve developed a fascination with Quakers. It seems like every time I turn around someone is talking about a Quaker meeting or I’ll read a book and the main character is going to one. I keep stopping to look at the oatmeal in the grocery store. Not sure what was pulling me, I decided […]

The only thing I know these days is that I don’t know. Surprisingly, I feel liberated. Since I’ve learned to keep my mouth closed and my ears open I’m noticing some interesting things about others. Mostly that people consider themselves authorities on just about any subject that comes up and many that don’t.
We live in […]

Sometimes I feel like a spiritual slut. I don’t mean to be. It’s just my nosy nature. I have to peek into different ideas and philosophies just to see if there’s something there that I want. Sniffing around in the bakeries of the blessed. That’s what I do.
I was introduced to eastern philosophies by my […]

My lifelong church attendance has been, well, scant. When I was little our neighbor went to Catholic mass and sometimes I went with her. I liked the music. I liked being with her. My parents were brought up Catholic but considered themselves cured. Still, I thought it was nice to carry on the tradition. It […]