Author Archives: ashley

jesse is traveling in southern india right now. i can’t resist sharing his words. i’m just borrowing the links that google offers me, the links are not jesse’s suggestions and i can not vouch for their accurate relation to his words. “we have been exploring the inland portion of India’s southern tip, a few days […]

Near Ayparahui, Bolivia, South America photo found at national geographic’s photo of the day.

the rhythm of my week has looked something like this: sunday: an ecstatically pulsing and deeply loving heart monday: wading through murky waters tuesday: M A G I C A L and delicious wednesday: eerily still thursday: wide eyed and curious it’s all so very interesting to me!! how about your day/days… if you had […]

“At the center of the universe is a loving heart that continues to beat and that wants the best for every person. Anything we can do to help foster the intellect and spirit and emotional growth of our fellow human beings, that is our job. Those of us who have this particular vision must continue […]

today i needed to know how to spell coom baya (that was this world’s worst speller’s first guess)and what it meant. the straight dope helped me out, here’s a taste: “Oh Lord, kumbaya. Also spelled kum ba yah, cumbayah, kumbayah, and probably a few other ways. If you look in a good songbook you’ll find […]

check out this article in the BBC NEWS: “When the participants – staff at a Pennsylvania nursing home – took part in six weekly drumming sessions, it improved their mood by almost 50%. Dr Barry Bittman, the author of the report, said there was a decrease in feelings of fatigue and depression. In the drumming […]

chris corrigan has been rapping about and unwrapping some details around living in truth. here’s a taste… he’s referencing john engle’s account of his life in haiti right now (john’s original words are here, and chris’ are here). “You see, this is an example of all the high falutin’ musing I have been doing about […]