MAY 2023, BE A RAINBOW IN SOMEBODY’S CLOUD

In this video, poet Maya Angelou speaks about the importance of all the people from whom she has received acts of kindness. After watching it, you might want to write for 10 minutes or so about whatever comes to your mind as you think about the video. You might also...

APRIL 2023, NEW BEGINNINGS

Now that it’s spring, this month’s session focused on new beginnings, on starting each day afresh. We began by discussing a poem: Poem by a contemporary South Korean poet, born 1970  In the Morning on a New Day by Joon-tae Moon A new day has come. We’re...

JANUARY 2023, BEGINNER’S MIND

On a hot day last summer, the little boy next door came over to bring me a letter that had been delivered to their house by mistake. I saw him at the screen door, staring fixedly at something. When I came closer, I saw that what he was staring at was a bright green...

DECEMBER 2022, DEALING WITH HOLIDAYS

Although not everyone celebrates Christmas, this seems like a good time of year to reflect on how we experience holidays, regardless of what holidays we observe. Holidays are meant to be enjoyable, but to enhance that enjoyment, it might help to reflect on how to...