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I haven’t been around lately. This took me a long time to write. Recently, I’ve had seizures.When I started having them, I decided: these ...

Sometimes they annoy me and I say I’m going to take them off for good. I remember the night when the bangle-seller eased them on: Br...

We’ve been in India for a few weeks now, in Garhwal, the first range of the Himalayan foothills. It’s chilly. We’ve visited SRSG ashram i...

( You can also read a more coherent and informative explanation of Shivarathri by my friend and colleague Anju.) It’s Shivarathri...

The wheel of the year has spun around again. Today is the Day of the Dead, All Soul’s Day, All Saint’s Day. Today, I remember and p...

Versions of this essay be viewed at The Washington Post On Faith blog,  and The HASC site , where you can also learn more about ShaktiSeva ...

*Here is another one from the archives, circa 2000. I am not this, consumed by flame; I am not that, washed in water; I am not that w...

I always have some fear when I swim out the first time, after an absence from the Sea. I love the Ocean, but depths frighten me. It is ...

There are some places you visit that are so idyllic as to be unbelievable. You get there, look around and say: This place is so great, it...

A few weeks ago I had a post titled The Vodou that I do , about my struggle to be, and to be honest about being, a priestess of Vodou. It ca...

Recently, a friend at a party asked me what, exactly, it is that I do as a Vodou priestess. I was silent for a moment, then launched into...

I’m hanging out in the big dome room of my farm, listening to Joy Division and talking to a new Twitter friend about his day. He thanked me ...