santidevi

The Latin word for the Roman goddess of liberty and freedom is Liberas. She is in fact the inspiration for the statue of liberty, an effigy of the goddess Isis. I remember the trembling I felt in my body when I first laid eyes on her this summer. I was floating down the [...]

A student of mine yesterday told me that whenever she thinks of me, in her mind, my name is Faith.  How perfect, that in someone else’s internal world I am synonymous with faith! This is exactly what has returned to my patient and awaiting heart, faith. It was as if the Gods were confirming that [...]

Seattle… the mist casts an otherworldly sheen over the city.  The landscape takes on an impressionistic tone and I feel as if the world is being water colored.  I walk Greenlake with my laotong who spots a bald eagle sitting atop a towering, flat needled pine.  A small crow is fearlessly or perhaps recklessly trying [...]