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When I started singing Danny Boy should have known that Grandma had come to visit me again. Not the grandmother who I often write about,...

The recent passing of Olympic bicyclist and Stanford University student Kelly Catlin has brought sharp attention to the world of the...

Kelly Catlin ended her life at the tender age of 23. Just a few days earlier she had written about the hardships she felt being a world...

Today we commemorate the eighth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that swept away so many lives and traumatized so many others on...

Good only for dying? A person spends years coming into his own, developing his talent, his unique gifts, perfecting his discriminations...

This year is the fourth anniversary of grandmother's passing. As I age I feel the reality that death is always near us, one day comes to...

Breeshia Wade returned to Stanford to share their journey since leaving college and adventuring in the world, using their experiences as...

Kelsey Blackwell visited our class at Stanford, When Half is Whole, for a workshop on Embodied Storytelling. We were able to get out of...

We launched Black History Month with a bang--Jessica Lá Rel andTyler “EAGLEBABEL” Brooks engaging us in music and conversation about...

I've started a series of gatherings called, Healing HeArts Circles, with artists exploring their journeys of healing and empowerment in...

“Students learn from people they love.” The title of the article in The New York Times (1/17/2019) struck me in many ways. First, with...

Before leaving this world on January 17, Mary Oliver wrote Dog Songs. Here's my favorite. THE SWEETNESS OF DOGS What do you say, Percy? I...

Last week was another of my "dog days." January 11 --1/11 -- so "Wan, wan, wan," the barking sound of dogs in Japanese. It was a day of...

Although it's my birthday, I don't remember much about the actual birth day, although I imagine it was a dramatic experience. Mom...

Yesterday I met with a new group of students, starting a course at Stanford University. And as always, the spirits of Ana and Isa were...

Together with two beautiful people I met when they were college students and I was their teacher, sharing what we're learning about life,...