Last night I attended my 2nd Grateful Dead Meet Up at The Movies event. This year’s enticement was a live show from 7/7/89. And what a show it was. It’s a delightful feeling to pull up to a local movie theater for a Grateful Dead concert rather than the more typical fare– say Ant Man. […]
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We Come Full Circle
We Come Full Circle A circle is opened. Sitting in the circle: People of different faiths, backgrounds, experiences, colors, voices, faces, hopes, fears, loves, names. Singing: to punctuate the silence. Silence: to punctuate the song. Eyes closed: visions unfold. Eyes open: seeing the love between. Together: a healing. A circle is closed.
The Well
The Well Sometimes the well, it runs dry Sometimes the heart, just wants to cry Sometimes the spirit, feels like it might die Sometimes the well, it just runs dry Sometimes the well, it overflows Sometimes the heart, reaps what it sows Sometimes the face, can’t help but glow Sometimes the well, […]
Film Review: RBG
Having heard great things about the recently released documentary, RBG, my wife and I decided to see it. We don’t see many films in the theater these days, so this was something of an event in and of itself. After watching the film we both had the same assessment: mediocre. Typically, I wouldn’t review a […]
Visits to Drepung Loseling Monastery
On the past two consecutive Thursday evenings I’ve visited the Drepung Loseling Monastery here in Atlanta. The monastery, devoted to the practice of Tibetan Buddhism, has been on my radar for many years. Finally curiosity got the better of me and I found a convenient time to attend one of their weekly public meditation gatherings. […]