I sprinted into my inner professor’s office as if in hot pursuit, still nimble beyond my advancing years, and slid into the seat left empty far too long in front of his desk. He leaned back in his chair, smiling, as if he’d been expecting me all along. Outside the open beveled windows behind him, […]
Talking with Jeffrey Seibert, Spring 2019
Jeffrey Seibert worked closely with Kenneth and Gloria Wapnick at the Foundation for A Course in Miracles for decades. Jeff moved with the Foundation to its new location in Henderson, Nevada, last year and has recently resumed teaching monthly seminars as well as weekly classes there, also available as recordings through the Foundation’s new streaming […]
October Is the Cruelest Month—No Wait!
(Having a right-minded moment and thought I should post quickly between breaking news! :)) “How did June become October?” I asked, as he materialized through an early-morning haze on the campus path, man scarf I’d given him knotted at his throat, robes flowing, surrounded by autumnal hues blurry as a Renoir. I handed my imaginary […]
Homeless, the ego seeks
“You’ll need to remove everything that might offend someone,” the realtor said. “You mean lose the Obama,” I said. Referring to the life-sized, standup cardboard cutout of our former POTUS procured during the 2008 election. Headed in 2016 for the dumpster, truth be told, but saved by the unexpected outcome of that election. Consequently retained […]
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall
(Hope you’ll enjoy this excerpt from my book Forgiveness Offers Everything I Want, available on Amazon.) I did not grow up in a family or community that embraced poetry—I mean, how many American families or communities do? And yet I secretly wrote it as a child, and remain a closet poet to this day. My […]
Happiness runs in a circular motion
(Hope you’ll enjoy this excerpt from my second book, Forgiveness Offers Everything I Want, available on Amazon :)) “Welcome home, Jim Dugan,” said the Irishman at the Customs desk in Dublin, appropriately ruddy-cheeked and blarney-tongued, stamping my father’s passport and causing Dad to pinken to his very toes with glee, stepping foot at last onto […]
On a wing (or two) and a prayer
As the Southwest 737 climbed through the dull clouds and ragged hills of San Diego the Captain explained Air Traffic Control had advised him that the skies throughout our flight path in California today were “out of sorts,” much like the reluctant flyer I still think I am. Our ascent would prove bumpier than usual; […]
Faith, Hope and Clarity
(The world may seem pretty hopeless but the power of our decision-making mind to choose a perspective of sanity and compassionate inclusion beckons surely in every moment nonetheless! Here’s an excerpt from my book Forgiveness Offers Everything I Want on this very topic. :)) Hope may be “the thing with feathers” but—no offense Emily Dickinson—things […]
Truth has rushed to meet you (in stealth mode; but still!)
I sat in my car outside the university fitness center I belong to after completing another lonely ride to nowhere on a stationary bike. Mindlessly perusing magazines like People and US reporting on matters of dire importance such as reader polls revealing which celebrity wore which designer outfit best. Even as my iphone continued to […]
See you in September
“Just put on the God-damn glasses,” I said. “I mean, who do you think you are, anyway? Icarus? A two-year old? The President of the United States?” My inner professor tossed back his head and laughed. “We’ve talked about this,” he said. But I was just trying to protect him, for God’s sake, and let’s […]