Early one morning last August, I was gradually becoming aware that the energy outside my little cabin was changing, building as the traffic went from an occasional car to a steady stream.

Be Here Now was the little tome that I read in 1977 that completely changed my life. And the author became my teacher forever after.

In 1977 I read Be Here Now, the landmark hippie book by Ram Dass that started a spiritual revolution.

I came to the woods late in the game. Trees, now my guides, beckon and enlighten. I swear they talk to me. And I am learning to listen.

I am looking for a shelf big enough in my kitchen to accommodate the Costco size bottle of Sriracha.

The job of Mother doesn’t require an interview. It doesn’t even ask for a resume. Almost everyone with minimal qualifications gets hired.