In the middle of a number of us playing soccer on a delightful summer evening, one of my partner’s grandchildren said, “Look at that sky!” The sky just before sunset was full of large pink, gray, white, and lavender swirling patterns above. How wonderful that she was aware of the beauty around us and shared [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Columns and Features'
Meditation: Looking Mindfully At Details
August 5th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Columns and Features, Explore New York
Stained-Glass Glory in Chicago
July 11th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Beyond Gotham, Columns and Features
The names Healy and Millet likely will never be as well-known as Tiffany. But to those who look up at two stained-glass ceilings in the building that housed Chicago’s grand first central public library, George Healy and Louis Millet created an artwork that is dazzling, like Louis Tiffany’s, in that “can’t take my eyes off [...]
Details, Details: Greenwich Street
April 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Columns and Features, Explore New York
“Manhattan” and “quiet” are two words that many people do not associate with each other and put together in the same sentence. Yet many pockets of Manhattan offer quiet, especially when we calm the mind enough to find the inner peace that allows it. As one of those Manhattan walkers whose mind often can be [...]
