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Packing, Deep Cleaning, and Blessing

By Debra Basham, on April 2, 2020

The one who says nothing good came of this is not yet listening. ~ Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Preparations for our safe travels back to Michigan from our Pine Island Paradise are underway here—packing, deep cleaning, blessing…. this season is like none other. For the first time EVER, we will not visit with our […]

What Endures?

By Debra Basham, on March 30, 2020

Sunday, March 29, 2020 was the second (and last) day of the Deep Spring Meditation Center virtual retreat with Barbara Brodsky, Aaron, and John Orr. In the afternoon, I went to Galt Nature Preserve for my walking meditation.

This is the latest/driest I have been here in Southwest Florida. The flora I am familiar […]

6 Daily Quarantine Questions

By Debra Basham, on March 29, 2020

Life is totally interrupted by this COVID-19 mandated safe sheltering/social distancing/self-quarantine. I chose to “attend” a two-day meditation retreat with about 80 others virtually. This virtual Deep Spring Meditation Center retreat with Barbara Brodsky, Aaron, and John Orr is a first…. but, just about everything in the current conditions is UNPRECEDENTED.

During the Q&A […]

Roller Coaster of Emotions

By Debra Basham, on March 25, 2020

“Whatever happens to me is not nearly so important as the way I look at the happening — the way I feel about it.”

Columbus, Ohio, August 1982, “Little Surrenders,”, Step By Step

My former Yellow Brick Road post ended on a high note, but the circumstances around COVID-19 are stimulating a roller coaster of […]

Cookies

By Debra Basham, on March 22, 2020

I have been safe sheltering for one week because of the global outbreak of COVID-19.

Today I baked cookies.

I used all of the flour, all of the brown sugar, 4 of the eggs, and almost the last of the butter.

While my action might seem mundane to some, to me […]

Distinction

By Debra Basham, on March 20, 2020

Buttering my bread, I wonder if I will run out of either or both before this is over. I notice the habit pattern of the worry brain. Will John continue to have cream for his coffee?

Being comfortable or satiated will end long before risk of malnutrition or starvation.

Questioning the ethics of […]

We Are What We Think

By Debra Basham, on March 18, 2020

It is surreal that I posted my previous blog just yesterday. I did say this self-selected social isolation may not last forever, it may just feel that way.

Actually, I don’t really mind the solitude. Last evening Barbara Brodsky asked our Dharma Path group to notice how very little is different about this from […]

What Am I Willing To Do?

By Debra Basham, on March 17, 2020

After reading a rather long article related to the spread of COVID-19 I am pondering what I am willing to do for the good of all: Don’t Test, Don’t Tell — 10 Days Later.

Jim Koopman is an epidemiologist. Jim and his wife, Helen, host the meditation group that meets on Pine Island with Sheilana […]

One

By Debra Basham, on March 16, 2020

Much of my life I have felt out-of-step with much of the world. Decades before smoking in public places was banned, I put up a “Thank You For Not Smoking” sign on my door. Some friends—even some family members—refused to come over.

The Way of the Wolf: The Gospel in New Images by Martin […]

Out of Control

By Debra Basham, on March 13, 2020

Hearing Barbara Brodsky speak candidly about her husband, Hal, being so very vulnerable in the nursing home. What if the facility goes on lockdown and he can’t have the therapy so desperately needed. She wonders if she should bring him home. “I want to know. I don’t know. Does anybody know?”

Barbara hears Aaron, […]

Yellow Brick Road: Your Path to Heart & Health

Packing, Deep Cleaning, and Blessing

What Endures?

Roller Coaster of Emotions

Cookies

Distinction

One

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