Dave’s Desk@Ditch

With the recent passing of my father, I’m once again reminded of just how impermanent our existence is, here on

For those readers of this column who’ve reached out to me personally these past few months as I took an

Maybe it’s the world we live in right now, with its multitude of stressors, but recently I’ve been experiencing a

Have you ever experienced a situation in which your emotions have reached a point where they literally trigger a physical

When I choose to look back on my life, especially when describing it to others who may not know my

During a recent conversation that I had with a friend, she asked whether my current situation of leaving the area

As the January 6 Select Committee held its hearings this past month, many Americans, or at least those who chose

While doing some research for another piece, I recently came across an article that appeared in The Atlantic written by

For some folks, things have “fallen back into place,” where daily routines have begun to stabilize, and they are now

As difficult as it has been to comprehend the indiscriminate, senseless devastation taking place in Ukraine this past month, I’m holding on to the belief that it somehow is serving as a rallying cry for our global community to come together as a unified coalition, not only in the name of democracy, but more importantly, in the survival of humanity itself. I don’t think I’m being hyperbolic about this. 

Like many folks who practice meditation or yoga on a daily basis, once I’ve made a connection to a particular teacher whose style, voice, and rhythm resonates with me, I then have a tendency to focus solely on that instructor, oftentimes for weeks or months on end.