The anthropologist Margaret Mead said that some people have a "teaching gene" and, if that's true, I think my father, Harry Schor, had that gene and that I inherited it from him. He loved explaining and demonstrating, and so do I. He taught me to swim, to roller skate, to ride a bike, to solve anagrams and to construct crossword puzzles. He taught me about puns and limericks. He was a mathematics teacher by profession and he taught me algebra and geometry at home, years before I learned them at school. My mother was unique amongst the mothers on our street. She had a job. She drove a car. She had passionately progressive political views and the loudest laugh of anyone I knew. I think I'm just like her.  more...

Dear friends of Spirit Rock, 
I hope this letter finds you very well. Before I tell you the exciting news at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and invite you to become part of our newest initiative, I want to thank you – all our donors – most profoundly and sincerely for your generosity and support for Spirit Rock over the years. Many of you may participated fifteen years ago in the Sangha of a Thousand Buddhas. Please read the rest of my invitation letter.