At dusk, an owl sits in a willow tree beside the pond. Mama and Papa Robin are chirping constantly. they fly into the willow tree, perhaps...

Cloud Mountain Retreat Center is located in the coastal range of Washington state, about an hour north of Portland, Oregon.  The meditation ...

On a 10-day silent retreat, the teacher, Willa Thaniya Reid, says, “Silence is medicine.” I like the sound of this idea, and so I puzzle ove...

I went to the hot springs for a long soak in a 1920s style bathtub. The dim room of a dozen bathtubs for women, separated by white curtains,...

"Solitude is a silent storm that breaks down all our dead branches.  Yet it sends our living roots deeper into the living heart of t...

I return on August 6.

I'm in Portland, Oregon, visiting friends. Every morning, Mary Beth walks her dogs in her neighborhood. One home has a perfect front l...