May column in 110 Magazine The interviewer had asked, how do we move away from the stigma of a mental health diagnosis so that more...

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.― Rumi What is ωℏ✺ℓḙℵḙṧṧ and how do we experience it? When I think of...

When I was in eighth grade, my English teacher assigned a poem to memorize and recite in front of the class. I was a shy child, shy to...

The story goes that a guy named Isaac Newton sat under a tree reading a book when an apple dropped down on his head. He could have jumped...

I’ve looked for it many times to re-read but have never been able to find the story again. It was an interview with a man in his late...

There is an old story from S. Hagen’s Buddhism Plain and Simple about a man who came to see the Buddha because he had heard that the...

Reprinted from my monthly column in 110 Magazine The news media reported that drugs killed Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson; however,...

You can find this article in the January 2021 Issue of 110 Magazine A couple of years ago, I stepped out of my car and there at my foot...

Reprinted from my monthly column in 110° Magazine Virginia Beach, VA. 2002 One day, when my daughter was about three years old, she...

I was sitting with my feet in the water on the edge of Oak Creek in Sedona, Arizona. The water looked like glass, the reflection of the...

Lisbon, Portugal What if our religion was each other. If our practice was our life. If prayer, our words. What if the temple was the...

When did help become a forbidden word? "He who is brave is free” ― Seneca There are times in life when asking another person to come...

Amitabha Stupa and Peace Park in Sedona, Arizona I’ve had a sign hanging in my home for years. It reads, “Peace begins with me.” It’s a...

I’m here in Sedona, Arizona. (Yes, again.) There’s so much energy around me that it leaves me swirling in joy and jubilation. I connect...

You can find my monthly column in #110mag Slowing down has never really been my thing. I'm the oldest child, type A personality,...

Garden of the Gods is located several miles from Colorado Springs. These commanding red rock formations definitely feel like majestic...

Some things are just not explainable. Like that little piece of me that has always wanted to visit Cheyenne. As a teenager, I couldn’t...

This was my first visit to South Dakota. I’m the type of person who makes it a priority to listen to and honor everyone, ̶e̶v̶e̶n̶...

During World War II, law-abiding Japanese-American citizens were herded into remote internment camps, losing their jobs, businesses and...

The Grand Prismatic Spring is true to its name: Brilliant 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀...