#843: Q is for Queen

I was nine years old when Queen releasedtheir first single in 1973. “Keep Yourself Alive” must have reached myears through AM pop radio, and whileI don’t remember the first time I heardit, I can’t imagine that I was not enthralled by its exuberance. And two yearslater, in grade school, I had a musicteacher so impressedContinue reading “#843: Q is for Queen”

On 365 Consecutive Days of Meditation

In October of 2025, feeling perhaps that I had let my contemplative life slide further away from the center than was comfortable, I made myself a commitment to begin on the first of November with some serious attention to my meditation practice, and on Halloween morning of 2026 I sat down on the cushion forContinue reading “On 365 Consecutive Days of Meditation”