Daily Archives: August 20, 2022


A Dog’s Life in the Space Between the Cracks

Years ago a friend of mine fostered a dog and said he wanted to write a book, Everything I Needed to Know I Learned from My Dog. At the time I thought he was, well, whacky or, at a minimum, highly hyperbolic. Then I adopted my own dog, and have come to appreciate the wisdom of Todd’s words. For decades I’ve been trying to learn how to live in the moment. I read books (The Power of Now-Tolle, Be Here Now-Ram Dass, etc.), went to the ashrams, sat uncomfortably in the half-lotus positions, watched my monkey mind crawl all over […]