Singing together is good for us. Numerous studies have demonstrated the psychological, emotional, and physiological benefits of lifting our voices together in song. Singing stimulates our bodies to produce endorphins, which engender feelings of well-being, even euphoria, and help to…
Last December, a small group of us decided to host a caroling event for Christmas Eve at Maple Street Dance Space. (This was the first glimmering of what was to blossom into Bosque Center for Spiritual Living). Man oh man,…
Not long ago, my niece Mary introduced me to "The Great British Baking Show." There are four seasons on Netflix, so I guess it’s been around a while. I know I’d heard of it before, but I’d never been all…
14th-century Persian poet and mystic Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī, known today primarily by his pen-name “Hafiz,” wrote about Divine Love as a lusty, wine-soaked, personal ecstasy. He took aim at any religious hypocrisy that held human life as separate…
Last week Travis and I visited the NM Natural History Museum to see the special Leonardo da Vinci exhibit. Before Leonardo, we popped in to the Planetarium to see a presentation — it was called “From Earth to the Universe,”…