Doctored: When Alzheimer's Research Was Built on Lies

Doctored: When Alzheimer’s Research Was Built on Lies

For the last couple of weeks, horrified and sort of scared, I’m been studying the book, Charles Piller, Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in…

War Is Being Reinvented: What Drones Are Doing to Modern Combat

War Is Being Reinvented: What Drones Are Doing to Modern Combat

I breathed a huge sigh of relief – a writer I’ve long trusted, explains current war happenings so I can understand. And, hopefully, you…

A Medical and Spiritual Journey Part Two The Book That Talked Back

A Medical and Spiritual Journey Part Two The Book That Talked Back

Day Fifty-two Arthritis, Medicine and the Spiritual Laws: The Power Beyond Science fell into my life through the agency of a used bookstore and…

A Medical and Spiritual Journey, Part One: The Verdict

A Medical and Spiritual Journey, Part One: The Verdict

Distinctly odd. So many ways to view memories. And myriad ways for a writer to use the material of her life. At the time…

What Can One Person Do? Reflecting on Katherine Stewart's Money Lies and God

What Can One Person Do? Reflecting on Katherine Stewart’s Money Lies and God

I sit with Katherine Stewart’s quite readable Money, Lies, and God: INSIDE THE MOVEMENT TO DESTROY AMERICAN DEMOCRACY and I don’t know what to…

Stillness Knows: Meditation, Faith, and Trusting What You Already Know

Stillness Knows: Meditation, Faith, and Trusting What You Already Know

In these difficult times, here’s another way to look at things: People ask, “In meditation necessary?” If you want to explore the innermost parts…

Not All Peaches and Cream: A Dark Side

Not All Peaches and Cream: A Dark Side

All spirituality is not equal is a lesson I learn from studying my own Quaker history, that of its founder George Fox and also…

Hawaii's Moral Crossroads: When Jobs Come at the Cost of Peace

Hawaii’s Moral Crossroads: When Jobs Come at the Cost of Peace

I’ve lived in Hawaii. About a year on the island of Maui and longer on Kauaʻi. I wrote two novels rooted in deep research…