RishikaApr 30, 20214 min readA tree for MaxI’ve owned about a half dozen dogs over the years, but none was more beloved than Max. He died in 2013 after we discovered he had an...
RishikaMar 19, 20211 min readEverything is connectedI just love this little film (scroll down) featuring my "soul sister," artist Shelley Hocknell Zentner of South Lake Tahoe. Although we...
RishikaMar 18, 20212 min readBreaking: There is nothing wrong with you after allI once led a group meditation in which I invited the participants to contemplate the notion that because they were expressions of the...
RishikaSep 17, 20202 min readOpening the heart in troubled timesDoes it all feel like bleakness and grasping and doom? I hear you, and I know how challenging it is to stay connected to our hearts when...
RishikaJul 28, 20205 min readA meditation on death and grievingI had another encounter with death yesterday. Its presence was already palpable, what with hundreds of thousands dead and dying from the...
RishikaOct 4, 20191 min readLonging (a poem)Once upon a time I envisioned myself as a poet, but poetry is a notoriously poverty inducing profession so I pursued journalism instead...
RishikaJun 26, 20192 min read'I love you'I live near the beach in Mexico, and most mornings I'll walk the 400 yards or so down to the water to let the dog run around and swim...