Editor’s Desk: Clickity, Clickity, Clickity, All the Way Home
Are you having trouble with your relationship with the platforms you are accessing on your smartphones, computers, iPads, etcetera? Are you encountering the frustration that I’m feeling as more and more of them are becoming automated? It wasn’t so long ago when working in a physical office situation that…
Editor’s Desk: Getting Out In The Corridors Of Life
Recently a dear circle sister, Rosemary Williams, after a four-point pubic bone fracture that required more than a year of rehabilitation, declared in a prayer that she was ready to rejoin life and requested a playmate to join her. She spoke these words to the mysterious yet responsive universe: “I…
Editor’s Desk: Skipping Rope
As I pull up to the curb in an older, middle-class, suburban neighborhood with neatly swept sidewalks and aged trees shading the street, I notice a young man in an electric blue hoodie and black shorts that hang loosely to his knees. His running shoes have an orange stripe circling…
Editor’s Desk: Daddy’s Girl
June is the month we celebrate Father’s Day. When remembering my father, I recall a moment when I was in the seventh grade and a man from the local high school came to our class to have us fill out a preliminary questionnaire. When I got to the place to…
Editor’s Desk: First Thoughts From My Trip With The Whales
This piece comes from my notes that were taken after my first of two trips to San Ignocio Lagoon, in Baha, Mexico. These took place in 2006 & 2007. I’m still out of my body, trying to integrate this extraordinary experience. I keep asking myself, did I really go, did…
Editor’s Desk: A Conversation with Michael Toms – Introduction
Recently I re-connected with Kelly Townsend, a good friend of mine and of Michael Toms (who, most of you know was co-founder of New Dimensions and my husband for 42 years until his passing in 2013). Kelly was asked to introduce Michael at a gathering at the graduate school of…
Editor’s Desk: Current Anxiety and Advice from Wise, Generous Friends
In a recent email to my private list of friends, family, and New Dimensions colleagues, I admitted that I’m struggling to not get depressed and worried when I realize we are 9 months out from the national election. I feel relentlessly bombarded by so much news that it is often…
Editor’s Desk: Encounter with a Horse in a Bar
Anne Palenske was a childhood friend with whom I’d stayed in contact over the years. We didn’t talk often, however, when we did speak our conversations were lively, full of laughter, and great memories. Anne and I shared a love of horses. In fact, she was one who introduced me…
Editor’s Desk: Winter Solstice 2023
Winter Solstice 2023 Wishing you a most joy-filled holiday season. Amazingly, I continue my New Dimensions Radio work. We have now completed its 50th year of continuing programming with some of the world’s foremost wisdom keepers. I’m looking for grants to allow me to plan the legacy of the programming…
Editor’s Desk: The Rippling Effect of Generosity
I don’t think it would take much on my part to convince you that things are in terrible shape. The “rumors” of wars are not mere rumors — but actualities. We see the evidence live nightly as we attempt to keep ourselves from being numbed by the extreme suffering happening…
