by Sharani | Apr 9, 2022 | Nature, Rhode Island
When I took an online course called The Happiness Baseline with Monique Rhodes, one of my favorite features of it was the notion of going on a “date” with yourself. I took myself out to breakfast several times, went on a day trip to Newport, Rhode Island,...
by Sharani | Aug 22, 2021 | spiritual music, Sri Chinmoy
photo by Utpal Marshall – Enthusiasm Awakeners Group sings at the 3100 Mile Race in New York. August 27, 2021 is the 90th birth anniversary of Sri Chinmoy. Some of his meditation students undertook projects as a tribute to what would have been his 90th birthday...
by Sharani | Aug 3, 2021 | goosefields wind phone, Rhode Island
A kind woman named Dawn Emsellem who lives in Portsmouth, Rhode Island created a wind phone on the edge of her property which abuts a land trust with walking trails. What is a wind phone? It is a phone booth with a disconnected rotary phone and a book to write...
by Sharani | Jul 18, 2021 | Michigan
I traveled to Michigan for a vacation to reconnect with family – some of us still living there and some coming from afar. I was born in Michigan and lived there until I came to the East Coast to finish college. Since the 1980’s I have been living on the...
by Sharani | Mar 21, 2021 | East Bay Bike Path in RI, First Day of Spring, Running
The season of Spring officially arrived yesterday, Saturday March 20th at 5:37am. While it was sunny, when I went out on the bike path that I live along on Saturday it was very windy and there was a chill in the air. One day later however when I ventured out again on...