Dear Friends,

The week between Christmas and the New Year when the world quiets and the light imperceptibly returns has always been one of my favorites. I chose to sit in silence this week along with my Dharma brothers and sisters at Zen Mountain Monastery in Mt Temper, New York. Using Livestream, we sat together from morning darkness into the night, adding more hours as the week progressed, sitting deeper into the stillness, until last night’s midnight hour when the turning of the earth was complete, and our Great Mother began her new journey around her favorite sun.

Wishing you all more ease and comfort, peace and health in the new year.
May it bring us the opportunity to hug each other!

In the meanwhile, “Fear Not. Even the Coldest, Darkest Winters Bear Fruit,” was recently published by WBUR’s Cognoscenti. The apple trees understand quiet time. You can read it here.

With love, Linda