Jun 20, 2012 | Last Line First
With Gratitude to Julian of Norwich, died c. 1416 I let myself believe that all is well, and all is well, and all manner of thing shall be well. How contrary to my upbringing, this notion is, as if to see this troubled world and feel around inside it for the healing,...
Jun 19, 2012 | Notes On The Journey
As happens every few years, I have been seized by the poetry muse. And so begins a new chapter. I’m happy as can be to be writing poems good and bad. Much gratitude to those people in my life who support me in this activity, along with my genes, which would...
Jun 12, 2012 | Notes On The Journey
My friend, Maya Stein, has been on a journey she’s calling Type Rider. She’s cycling from Amherst, MA to Milwaukee, WI — 40 miles a day for 40 days, beginning on her 40th birthday, which was on May 5th. Today is day 39. She’s carting along with...
Mar 15, 2012 | Notes On The Journey
Gorgeous Spring weather, a week before the Equinox, has my windows open and the screens not yet in place. I come home from an early outing to find a starling frantically keeping out of paw’s reach as my cat, Lucy, in full hunting mode, is tracking her. The...
Aug 9, 2011 | Notes On The Journey
Exactly a year ago today, I began the journey that continues to be an adventure of growth, discovery, and transformation. Yesterday, incredibly, and without my consciously realizing its relationship to last year’s journey, I began a 10-day kitchari fast....
Oct 1, 2010 | Notes On The Journey
6:45pm Sundown in 19 minutes, the start of the Sabbath. Two weeks since I ended my fast. Two weeks of exploring new terrain. I have been going very slowly with respect to figuring out how to eat. Mostly, I’ve kept a pot of kitchari handy. The only non-plant...
Whether through Shamanic practice, through ministry, or through art, Riva finds peace and practice in spreading love, compassion, and empathy for the self and others. 