I was invited to share about my quest for Buddhist Courses and why I invest my time and energy in taking them. (Which cause me to miss Monday night Sangha gathering!) My name is Niki and I sometimes - rarely - make Monday night Sangha but try to listen to the recordings when they are posted. Monday night and other nights I am often involved with a course or studying for a course that I am taking. I find continued study to be a way to connect the Buddha’s teachings. The Bud

My neighbor gave me a monarch butterfly chrysalis to take care of while she was out of town. The caterpillar had attached itself only a day before onto the bottom of the leaf of an Angelwing Begonia. Now, the plant and chrysalis sat on my kitchen table.

Photo by Floris Van Cauwelaert on Unsplash Recently on break from medical school I had been thinking about everything happening in the...