Welcome. I write about how to be rich in what matters -- relationships, health and vitality, work we love, connection to nature, spirituality and yes, financial health too. Treading lightly on the earth is woven throughout. Please read and prosper. Read more →
The record-breaking cold in much of the U.S. reminds me that we’re all vulnerable to extreme weather and disasters, and need to be prepared for them. Climate change means more of everything: drought, destructive hurricanes, heat, cold and floods. It’s broader than just global warming. It’s our internal resources — our attitude and coping skills […]
Tags: disaster preparedness·extreme weather·hard times·Kathryn Harrington·power outages·Revelle·self-entertainment
Like most people, I prefer happy paths. I don’t seek out grief or sadness. But, sometimes grief ends up spurring joy, and making us rich in what matters. In my 30′s, I made ruinous spending choices that led to a bankruptcy. I felt wrenching shame. Defaulting on my debts made me feel that I barely […]
Tags: bankruptcy·death·debts·defaulting·grief·happy paths·Parkinson's·shame
Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers (and also to the larger number of people in the world who are not my readers, at least, not yet ). I hope this least-commercial-of-major-U.S.-holidays finds you rich in what matters, i.e. loving relationships, good health, right livelihood, community, connection to nature and to the God
Tags: I Am Malala·Malala Yousafzai
On November 18, 1872, Susan B. Anthony was arrested by a U.S. deputy marshal. Her crime? She had dared to vote. Susan B. Anthony had committed civil disobedience: she had broken the law, peacefully, for a higher purpose. Women would not gain the right to vote in the U.S. until 1920, 48 years after Ms. […]
Tags: Bonnie McKinlay·civil disobedience·civil rights·Dr. Martin Luther King·going to the roots·I Am Malala·Jr.·Malala Yousafzai·radicalism·roots·Rosa Parks·SEIU·Susan B. Anthony·trespassing
We want to be efficient, right? Efficient means we are smart, not wasting any precious effort, getting on to our next important task as quickly as possible. Our culture is built on efficiency. But does efficiency make us rich in what matters? Let’s start with physicality. How do our bodies respond to the Efficiency Directive? […]
Tags: efficiency·Efficiency Directive·exercise·ExxonMobil·fossil fuel extraction·kissing
Malala Yousafzai is a shining example of being rich in what matters. Malala would be the young education activist who was shot in the head by the Taliban. To help spread her story, I’m doing a drawing for a free copy of “I Am Malala”. (To get into the drawing, subscribe via email to Diamond-Cut Life, on your right. […]
Tags: book giveawaycitizenship·citizen·civil disobedience·education·I Am Malala·Malala·Malala Yasoufzais·Quoran
Mainstream culture tells us to buy as much stuff as possible. Hence the success of Walmart. Upscale mainstream culture tells us to buy the most expensive stuff possible. Hence the success of designer labels and Ferraris. Mainstream wisdom is that buying lots of stuff and/or expensive stuff will give us happiness, status and popularity. The […]
Tags: eresy·giving·Happy Brain Science·heretical·insecurities·materialism·Scott Crabtree·stuff
I was crying — big, Kleenex-devouring sobs — in the office of a woman I had met two minutes earlier. It was June, 2000, in Orange County California. The woman was a medical social worker. I had just told her about my mother’s crushing, overwhelming health problems including Parkinson’s disease. Then the tears started gushing. “You […]
I came home from the movie theater last night with a wet handkerchief (yes, I still use these) and wet eyes. We’d seen “The Butler”, a tour of civil rights history through the intense experiences of a black family that lived at the epicenter of it. It was released in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of […]
Tags: civil rights·climate change·connectedness·Dr. Martin Luther King·Jr.·paradigm shift·sacrificial love·separateness·The Butler
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Take Two Minutes For Climate Change Before Midnight Tonight
August 23rd, 2013 · 2 Comments · climate change (global warming), energy
I’m doing a Friday post instead of my usual Sunday post for an important reason: midnight tonight marks the close of public comments on whether the public lands of the United States should be opened for commercial hydraulic fracturing (fracking). I think they should not, and my reasons are below, in the comment I […]
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Tags: fracking·hydraulic fracturing·public comment