How Do You Use Beauty-Making to Process Grief? - An Interview with Morning Altars creator, Day Schildkret, Part One
In this first part of a two part interview, I sit down with artist and educator, Day Schildkret, best known for his Morning Altars — beautiful pieces of impermanent earth art made as a practice of meditation, wonder and ritual.
Feeling Lost After Loss
“I’m feeling so lost...”
Book Review: “The End of Old Age” by Marc E. Agronin, MD - A new look at the aging process
“The End of Old Age: Living a Longer, More Purposeful Life” by Marc E. Agronin is a guide to growing old with as much grace and vigor as possible. He starts out describing why society needs its elders. In some … Continue reading
Alice In Chains’ Beautiful Tribute Ballad “Black Gives Way To Blue” - The band's tribute to their late lead vocalist
“It’s a really intense song and a really open-hearted song because of Layne and the experience that we all went through,” said Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell of the band’s song “Black Gives Way to Blue,” from their album … Continue reading
I'll Simply See You In A While
The day I went to Heaven
You didn’t get to say goodbye
But, it’s okay, you didn’t need to
More time will come for you and I
The life we shared was just a small glimpse...
Of what’s to come in life we’ll share