A personal post this week from my newspaper column… On Monday, April 20, I finally met a goal: Completing 18 holes at Edmunds Park averaging a bogey or better. I texted my buddy Ron Byrd and then looked around for Bill Shortt to tell him. I…
A personal post this week from my newspaper column… On Monday, April 20, I finally met a goal: Completing 18 holes at Edmunds Park averaging a bogey or better. I texted my buddy Ron Byrd and then looked around for Bill Shortt to tell him. I…
I’m grateful to receives this meditations in teaching over the last few years: Experiencing Buddha Crane Qigong is a profound awakening of awareness. After more than 30 years of studying and practicing Taiji and Qigong, I have come to under…
Special guest column by Marina Robertson Readers are accustomed to seeing Ray’s column in this space but this week he has asked me to write about a topic that elicits equal amounts of fascination and horror for many: fasting. I know this be…
There is also a 1997 TV movie starring Patty Duke, though it did not get great reviews. Regardless, it is a wonderful story to read. A Christmas Memory for finding a feeling of home In November, I wrote about Truman Capote’s “A Thanksgiving…
One year ago Alice Rhett was doing what she did so often: Helping a friend by taking them to a medical appointment. She and her friend both died just north of Farmville when a vehicle traveling on the wrong side of the road hit them head on…
One year ago Alice Rhett was doing what she did so often: Helping a friend by taking them to a medical appointment. She and her friend both died just north of Farmville when a vehicle traveling on the wrong side of the road hit them head on…
I’m sharing the healing practices of Qigong and Tai Chi to both a larger region and with other friends and students online, now with two options.For a $15 monthly fee, students can attend my Tuesday morning meditation class via Zoom, with a…
Many people are not familiar with the term doula. Based on a Greek word for female helper, a doula is trained to provide advice, information, emotional support, and physical comfort to a mother before, during, and just after childbirth. Whi…
You may have reached this site from my other life at Automated Workflows and Scripting Matters where the specialty was/is publishing automation chiefly using AppleScript. Although I’m not actively seeking any new clients, I’m still open to
In the darkness there is still light. The Yin and Yang of life remain. During a very dark time, I was given a special gift via meditation. It is a Qigong system named Buddha Crane. At first I didn’t understand what was happening, until I re…
In the darkness there is still light. The Yin and Yang of life remain. During a very dark time, I was given a special gift via meditation. It is a Qigong system named Buddha Crane. At first I didn’t understand what was happening, until I re…