A school replaced detention with meditation. The results are stunning.

Although it appears that I sit here, still I move the air surrounding, with each breathe, I pull the energy from the dark roots of the earth, there is mud under my nails and dried clay in my pores, All of history resides in that compost, every gain and loss compacted under rain and ice,

from: Girl God Books in Norway Trista Hendren founded Girl God Books in 2011 to support a necessary unraveling of the patriarchal worldview of divinity. Her first book—The Girl God, a children’s picture book—was a response to her own daughter’s inability to see herself reflected in God. Since then, she has published more than 50

this hazy sun morning / this spring air filling my lungs / deep breathing with closed eyes / when i open my eyes to stand, i see / the squirrel has dropped a gift to me from his high branch in the maple / i leave him a gift, my smile

Meet Madam Jeanne Louise Calment, who had the longest confirmed human lifespan: 122 years, 164 days. Apparently, fate strongly approved of the way she lived her life. She was born in Arles, France, on February 21, 1875. The Eiffel Tower was built when she was 14 years old. It was at this time she met

Nothing but blackish skeletons in a dense fog At 31°, as steam wafts south from my coffee mug, Breathe vapor wafts south on my out breathe, the earth must be moving, Even the fog is moving south. Neighborhood birds are still warm in their tree nests, It is quiet enough, to listen for The sound

Hiding in plain sight. Sitting in the backyard for my morning cold therapy. It is 39 degrees, I’m enjoying Peet’s coffee, and I’ve tossed some 10 grain bread out in the mossy grass for the birds and squirrels, who are way smarter than I. Only one Jay has aggressed the lawn for a mouthful of