“What will you do if there is a fire in your house?” Miss Brady asked her class of third graders. We learned that hiding under the bed was the wrong answer. She taught us all about fire safety and assigned the homework of drawing a map of our house with a family plan about how […]
“So, what do you love about Baltimore?” Tracy asked. We were seated outdoors by a fountain at Gertrude’s café in the Art Museum with a flight of mimosas between us – what’s not to love? “The people in your city are so gracious, so kind, so nice.” “That’s surprising to you?” “Yes. I’m from New England. It’s cold there.” […]
I wanted birthday cake, well at least a birthday cupcake, which was not on the menu at the Sushi place where Elaine and I celebrated my birthday dinner. So, we checked google maps for local bakeries which might be open on a snowy Wednesday evening and we found ourselves at Birch Tree Bread Company. An […]
Thich Nhat Hanh visited Copley Square in Boston. Thousands of people came to be in the presence of the great Zen Buddhist monk. They gathered, they sat down, they expectantly waited, and for 25 minutes there was as close to sheer silence as an urban center could be. I love this idea of silence as […]