Category Archives: Me and My Monkey

Meditation is Bullshit 

Posted on April 15, 2017 by

I don’t want to be still. Stillness is bullshit.  Clearing my head? Emptying my mind? Being present in the moment?  Total bullshit. To be present in this moment, in the nowness of this very moment, I would have to be … Continue reading →

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Got a Pebble in My Shoe

Posted on April 26, 2016 by

I got the biopsy results today. The thing in my breast is the mother-fuckin-goddamned-bullshit cancer.   The doctor said it’s ‘not the scary kind though’. Oh, all righty then.  Not the scary kind. But it’s still the mother-fuckin-goddamned-bullshit kind.  As … Continue reading →

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Worry, Worry, Super Scurry

Posted on April 6, 2016 by

I haven’t been worrying, but I’ve been thinking a lot about worry.  A few weeks ago, something happened in the world, I don’t remember exactly what it was, but it was terrible.  Someone posted about it on Facebook, and someone … Continue reading →

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Roadblocks and Detours and Trains, (oh my)

Posted on October 16, 2015 by

      If I ever start to think that I am an enlightened being, a “15 minute” drive in New Jersey will set me straight. The yoga studio is only six miles from my house. 15 minutes. But they are … Continue reading →

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The Space Between

Posted on February 8, 2015 by

“It is the silence between the notes that makes the music”. This might be a Zen proverb. Or Claude Debussy may have said it. Or both. In any event, the point is, the bits of silence are what allow us … Continue reading →

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The Gateway Myth

Posted on May 30, 2014 by

That’s it!  I’m convinced that the doorway to adulthood is guarded by the Tooth Fairy.  I reluctantly watched as Maggie crossed that bittersweet threshold a while back.  Apparently, today was the day for Shannon to peak through the door. I … Continue reading →

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The Rules of Engagement

Posted on May 23, 2014 by

Sometimes I spend an entire yoga class just waiting and wishing to get to savasana.  Corpse Pose.   When I can lie on my back, still and silent, with my mind mostly empty, for complete and total relaxation. I move … Continue reading →

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