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    The Path of the Monarch
    Dheepa
    • Mar 23
    • 5 min

    The Path of the Monarch

    Sue stood at our door, holding an odd-looking plant with a green stem and a dangling pod. "It's for Raj," she said brightly, extending it...
    6 comments
    A Year-end Message
    Dheepa
    • Dec 31, 2021
    • 2 min

    A Year-end Message

    This morning, I was relieved to learn that my friends had marked themselves safe from Colorado's Marshall Fire. As the unthinkable slowly...
    13 comments
    Two Lifelines
    Dheepa
    • Jul 29, 2021
    • 4 min

    Two Lifelines

    "Want me to read your palm?" On a sofa in a gloomy college lounge, my study partner Nancy immediately stuck out a hand to be examined by...
    9 comments
    Kolam and Country: the art of welcome in modern America
    Dheepa
    • Apr 15, 2021
    • 4 min

    Kolam and Country: the art of welcome in modern America

    For thousands of years, householders have knelt at entryways and drawn a template of creation — using flour to feed that same creation.
    0 comments
    Coming to Order: a Mother, a Daughter, and an Illness
    Dheepa
    • Feb 23, 2021
    • 4 min

    Coming to Order: a Mother, a Daughter, and an Illness

    I don't like what I'm hearing over Zoom, so I fiddle uncomfortably with my necklace, twisting it between my thumb and forefinger and...
    22 comments
    Braiding: a Caregiving Detour
    Dheepa
    • Nov 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    Braiding: a Caregiving Detour

    I was always hesitant to wake her up. After all, she was a night owl — the kind that stayed awake long past midnight, every day. I'd look...
    5 comments
    I Love You to the Moon and Back
    Dheepa
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 5 min

    I Love You to the Moon and Back

    A baby macaque leaped onto a man's orange-robed shoulder and twittered to him animatedly. As I watched both monkey and monk, pink...
    1 comment
    Shout, Resist, Witness: the Power of Poetry
    Dheepa
    • Aug 20, 2020
    • 5 min

    Shout, Resist, Witness: the Power of Poetry

    George Floyd's recent murder has sparked not only demonstrations, but also an explosion of poetry—written, spoken, shouted, screamed
    5 comments
    Breakage and Beauty: reconciling history and hope
    Dheepa
    • Jul 9, 2020
    • 3 min

    Breakage and Beauty: reconciling history and hope

    Though our behavior has cracked these ideals profoundly, America doesn't have to shatter, nor does our love for her.
    2 comments
    Honor thy Mother(hood)
    Dheepa
    • May 7, 2020
    • 4 min

    Honor thy Mother(hood)

    . . . an ancient knowingness — that the raising and launching of another human being is an awe-inspiriting act and responsibility.
    1 comment
    Embracing the Virus
    Dheepa
    • Mar 19, 2020
    • 4 min

    Embracing the Virus

    While I'm terrified at the harm it is wreaking, it has also cleared away much of my internal noise and nonsense.
    4 comments
    Finding Clarity: a Tribute to Ghee
    Dheepa
    • Feb 20, 2020
    • 5 min

    Finding Clarity: a Tribute to Ghee

    Did I need this traditional aspect of my culture to be re-packaged and re-gifted by the western world in order for me to accept it?
    4 comments
    Moment by Moment
    Dheepa
    • Dec 10, 2019
    • 5 min

    Moment by Moment

    Composed of gleaming pearls and diamonds, it sits in my line of sight whenever I write at my desk. Each jewel represents a failure.
    4 comments
    Taking Note
    Dheepa
    • Nov 12, 2019
    • 2 min

    Taking Note

    When my son was seven years old, he left me notes. They were scrawled on multi-colored Post-it notes that he sneaked out of my desk...
    8 comments
    By the Book: when the facts obscure the truth
    Dheepa
    • Sep 19, 2019
    • 4 min

    By the Book: when the facts obscure the truth

    Those facts about Europe would have been accurate, yet I would have missed the truth.
    2 comments
    The Winter of the Great-Grandmother
    Dheepa
    • Aug 8, 2019
    • 6 min

    The Winter of the Great-Grandmother

    I have both a heritage and a legacy. And I myself am the thread unfurling in both directions, connecting both.
    4 comments
    Postcards from the Edge: a delivery from the universe
    Dheepa
    • Jul 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    Postcards from the Edge: a delivery from the universe

    To replicate the tradition, tourists on the island today write postcards to themselves and leave them in the box
    4 comments
    Attention in the Kitchen
    Dheepa
    • Jun 14, 2019
    • 3 min

    Attention in the Kitchen

    a space for us to look at every bit of the life process, to stretch our minds to remember the ones who tend the earth
    1 comment
    Hello, I Am an Artist
    Dheepa
    • May 22, 2019
    • 3 min

    Hello, I Am an Artist

    Why did I waste time banging on the door to my own integrity and knowingness when I held the key in my hand all the while?
    6 comments
    Pieces of Light: finding meaning & humanity in a complicated world
    Dheepa
    • May 3, 2019
    • 2 min

    Pieces of Light: finding meaning & humanity in a complicated world

    A thousand tiny needles relentlessly pierced my skin over the course of what seemed like hours. After climbing back onto the Zodiac raft...
    8 comments

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