Solstice: The Longest Day, the Smallest Practice
A short note for the day the year tilts back toward the dark.
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On Eating One Meal a Day Slowly
Not all of them. Just one. The change is more than you would think.
Daily: Today Is the Day You Have
A small instruction.
One Year of Writing Slowly
An anniversary note. A year of small letters, slow walks, and a quiet writing room.
Letter: The Soil Is Doing Its Work
A republished Sunday Stillness letter, from the first warm Sunday of spring.
The Innkeeper Who Made Room
An old story, retold without the religious ending, about a small choice in a small night.
On Christmas, Whether You Celebrate It or Not
A short note on the strange last weeks of the year.
Daily: Five Things You Didn't Notice This Year
A small year-end exercise for the people who keep saying the year went too fast.
Daily: Thank One Thing That Is Leaving
A small autumn practice.
Everything You Love Is on Loan
An attempt to put into words the truth that makes everything more precious, not less.
Three Sentences That Have Carried Me Through Hard Days
Not affirmations. Not slogans. Three quiet things I have come back to for years.
On Eating Slowly
The cheapest, oldest, most reliable mindfulness practice — and you do it three times a day.
The Cup Is Already Broken
A story from Ajahn Chah, the Thai forest monk, about the cup on his table.
The First Breath of the Morning Is Free
A small note on the moment between sleep and the day.