Category: Zen & Neurosis
COVID-19 Reading Old Journals Project “Birthday Reflections” Part II – 2001-18
MaureenApr 29, 2020
Last year my friends Alysia and Tonyehn organized a wonderful birthday party at the 16th Ward in Scranton for me.Reflecting on this...
COVID-19 Reading Old Journals Project “Birthday Reflections” Part I – 1986-99
MaureenApr 28, 2020
My 46 birthday is this Thursday, April 30, and because of the current COVID-19 crisis this year it will be different than all...
Carried By a Great Wind: A Life Lesson from Tony Soprano
MaureenMay 21, 2019
This quote attributed to the Ojibwe Tribe appears in episode three of the final season of The Sopranos celebrating its 20th anniversary...
Of Wall Calendars & Finding the Porch Within
MaureenJan 02, 2017
Buying a wall calendar is an important ritual for me. Despite the ubiquitous digital calendar reminders available, there is something so...
Thoughts After the First Snowfall-November 2016
MaureenNov 27, 2016
The first snowfall comes like an unplanned ritual. We never know when, but when it happens we stop. Struck again by what seems a sudden and...
Dental Appointment
MaureenJun 10, 2014
I am in the waiting room at the dentist. Six months went fast. Last time I had a scarf wrapped around my face and now it is 90 degrees in...
Blue Lotus
MaureenJun 10, 2014
After a harrowing day of meetings, difficult personalities and small personal failures that have reduced my consciousness to a crater of...