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How Now Shall We Live

By Debra Basham, on November 4, 2024

On October 17, 2024, a dharma sister sent an email sharing about a free on Youtube documentary titled “Living in the Time of Dying” a film by Michael Shaw that is 53 minutes and 31 seconds on the ‘how then shall we live’ about the climate crisis, but also about so much more.

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Comfort With What Is

By Debra Basham, on October 30, 2024

This theme of perspective continues to escalate. Not just in personal ways, but within the collective.

This morning about 6 o’clock I was awakened by a “poke” on my left shoulder. It was a somatic poke. A physical sensation. The kind of experience where you would swear an actual person was there doing the poking. […]

It’s Not the End

By Debra Basham, on October 24, 2024

John Lennon said, “Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.” Gratitude is not a mere word; it is not a mere concept. It is the living breath of your real existence on earth. ~ Sri Chinmoy

Claudia and I drove to Holly the day before the retreat […]

The Perfect Week for a Retreat

By Debra Basham, on October 13, 2024

I leave for Holly, Michigan, where I will attend a silent meditation retreat titled “Remembering our Awakened Essence” with Barbara Brodsky and John Orr from Deep Spring Center for Meditation, and sangha sisters and brothers from all over the world. The retreat will be held at The Maryville Retreat Center. This week Barbara’s husband, Hal, […]

Milton’s Mayhem and Message

By Debra Basham, on October 9, 2024

Last evening we had dinner with two long-time friends. One friend lost her winter home on Pine Island two years ago to Hurricane Ian. As Hurricane Milton is crossing the Gulf of Mexico right now barrelling toward Florida we have friends who are year-round on the island. It felt good for us to gather here […]

Good Intentions

By Debra Basham, on October 4, 2024

It depends where you look.

As I slide the drape back from the window this morning the sky to the west is very dark.

I have been initiating conversation about the upcoming Presidential Election with John. For decades we have not spoken of such things, but it seems vital to be able to […]

Fairy Wands & Making Magic

By Debra Basham, on September 18, 2024

The Secret Garden was written by English-American author and playwright Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924). It was originally serialized in The American Magazine in 1909 and 1910 and was then published as a book in 1911.

Originally published in 1924, The Boxcar Children is a children’s book series originally created and written by the American first-grade […]

Sunset

By Debra Basham, on September 7, 2024

The work of wisdom is to differentiate between what is skillful, and what is unskillful. ~ The Daily Tejaniya

My days continue to include bike rides and sharing with Fred. It has been two months and two days since Linda died.

We ride and talk. Most days we have a water break sitting somewhere […]

Meaningful Medical Musings

By Debra Basham, on August 24, 2024

It has been a week of mild medical stuff. I had a crown prep on Thursday with a new dentist. I always let folks know I experience anxiety about medical procedures. When I told Dr. Lisa, she said she totally understands, that she is afraid too. I said I sometimes cry. She responded, “So do […]

Mamminaism – It’s Just the Way It Is

By Debra Basham, on August 14, 2024

Most days of late I’ve been riding bike with Fred. I guess that could have been a good title for this post, but it is about so much more than biking or Fred. But, Fred did share something about a guy named Mammina he worked with who would say something like this: “You can only […]

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