Cedar Koons
No Wonder We're Crazy
When I was born in November 1950 there were 2.5 billion people on Earth. In November of 2022 the total world population will hit 8...
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An Occasional Blog on Mindfulness, Politics and Life
Cedar Koons
Jun 21, 20223 min read
Murder at a Zen Retreat? Yikes!
This week my second book and first novel had its official release. It’s called Murder at Sleeping Tiger and appears under a pen name, C....
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Cedar Koons
May 5, 20224 min read
Abortion Story
In 1968 I was a senior at a Catholic high school for girls. I was also exploring what it meant to be a girl, including my sexuality. ...
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Cedar Koons
Apr 19, 20223 min read
Bewildered
One afternoon about three weeks ago I received a call from Bob, the master carpenter who helped to build our house fourteen years ago and...
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Cedar Koons
Feb 25, 20222 min read
War and Peace
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is the largest of its kind in Europe since World War II. It is an unprovoked war of choice, like the...
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Cedar Koons
Nov 10, 20211 min read
Looking for a good book? Check this out--
Hear Yourself How to Find Peace in a Noisy World by Prem Rawat is a resource for people who want to experience self-knowledge in these...
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Cedar Koons
Oct 5, 20213 min read
A Blind Cat Who Loves Life
Last July, over a space of about a week, our seventeen year old cat, Natalie, went blind. Her veterinarian said the blindness was the...
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Cedar Koons
Jul 6, 20213 min read
Acknowledging Existential Dread
Do you ever awaken in the night afraid? Every human life has its’ share of dread. We all fear sickness, financial ruin, the loss of loved...
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Cedar Koons
Jun 21, 20212 min read
Mindfully Transitioning Back to the Workplace
If you are one of the lucky people who was able to work from home for the past fifteen months you are now likely to find yourself called...
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Cedar Koons
Feb 1, 20213 min read
Mindfulness, Politics and Turmoil
Many of us have experienced the time between the November 3rd election and today as borderline traumatic. Against the background of a...
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Cedar Koons
Nov 30, 20202 min read
The Pandemic Retreat
It's hard to believe it sometimes, but we will get through this time of forced solitude. It's certain. The pandemic, like all other...
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Cedar Koons
Jul 5, 20202 min read
Mindfulness to Racism, Discrimination and Hatred
My inventory of internalized racism continues. I admit I’d like to put it all aside and focus on something easier to contemplate such...
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Cedar Koons
Jun 7, 20203 min read
We Must Take Fearless Inventory
Seeing the life go out of George Floyd's face while a white policeman, hand in his pocket, knelt nonchalantly on his neck, was a wake up...
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Cedar Koons
Apr 26, 20202 min read
Don't Miss Out on Spring!
Don’t Miss out on Spring T. S. Eliot wrote, "April is the cruelest month" because spring reminded him of loss and grief. This year...
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Cedar Koons
Apr 20, 20204 min read
Lessons on Impermanence from the Pandemic
by Kathryn Patrick, LCSW, Guest Contributor I am pleased to post this contribution from my colleague Kathryn Patrick, a LBC certified DBT...
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Cedar Koons
Apr 13, 20202 min read
Vigilant Against the Darkness
For this blog I have been determined to focus on the light—on that which is loving, hopeful and positive, because I’ve felt that was what...
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Cedar Koons
Apr 4, 20204 min read
Silver Linings
with thanks to Kathryn Patrick for some of these ideas Yes, the pandemic is causing untold suffering around the world. Sickness and...
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Cedar Koons
Mar 15, 20203 min read
Staying Home
While practicing physical distancing due to the virus there are things we can do to help the experience be less stressful. If you find...
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Cedar Koons
Mar 1, 20201 min read
Into the Garden
How it is This is the beauty of it No matter how hard I try I can’t stop longing can’t stop loving you can’t stop begging No matter how...
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Cedar Koons
Jan 26, 20202 min read
Halfway to Spring
Bosque del Apache We call it Groundhog Day, Candlemas if we're Catholic or Imbolc if we're Druids. The festival begins on February 1 and...
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