Archive - untangle the tangle

The Stranger in Me

Wisdom from a Chilean writer, a Palestinian Poet and an Indian Mystic

Apr 22 •

June 2024

Practicing the Art of Discernment

When we drop judgment in favor of curiosity, only then are we able to discern what we need to do next.

Jun 25, 2024 •

May 2024

When Will You Begin Your Second Life?

What a week in Mexico, a friend's death, and a puzzling poem taught me about life. This is a slightly modified spoken version of my written post. This…

May 21, 2024 •

What is Your Lighthouse Question?

A lighthouse question can be a beacon that guides us through unknown territory when we want to create something new in our lives.

May 18, 2024 •

March 2024

Shot and Starved in Gaza

“I am so tired of waiting. Aren’t you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife and cut the world in two-and see what…

Mar 14, 2024

August 2023

Hare & Tortoise-Disrupted

Remember the childhood story of the hare and the tortoise?

Aug 30, 2023 •

June 2023

Of Orphans, Pilgrims, and Princes

In 2020, I had arrived in London in late January, my first stop as I embarked on my

Jun 26, 2023 •

May 2023

Don't Worry About a Day you Have Not Made

I know several people who recently received a cancer diagnosis.

May 5, 2023 •

March 2023

Lessons From a Grocery Store

I have found that there’s no such thing as a quick trip to the grocery store in Lisbon.

Mar 10, 2023 •

February 2023

Grass-fed cows and breast-fed babies

Untangling The Tangle #3

Feb 16, 2023 •

January 2023

When Will You Begin Your Second Life?

In December 2019, I was sharing a cab with a fellow traveler I had just met at a local airport and who, like me, was headed to the small beach towns on…

Jan 13, 2023 •

December 2022

Being Unrooted...

You too are to be uprooted, to fall into the toss and tumble of life.

Dec 16, 2022 •

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