The Stillness of The Blue Heron

The world is in turmoil, but you don’t have to be.

In my first book, “Along the Way to Wudang,” I followed a spiritual quest to the Five Immortals Temple in China, ending with a singular question: Could these ancient truths be lived in the modern world?

“The Stillness of the Blue Heron” is my answer.

Born from the quiet of the Northern Berkshires, this collection of 60 essays and original poetry serves as a map for building a sanctuary within the “Red Dust” of daily life. Drawing from over three decades of Taiji, Qigong, and Daoist practice, I share how to navigate the tumult of humankind while maintaining an even keel.

Along The Way To Wudang

After careers in politics, the law, cooking and computer programming, 65 years old and wanting at least one more great adventure, I left for the other side of the world from Cape Cod. A taiji practitioner for more than 20 years and a student of Daoism, I went in search of a new Master, and found so much more at a mountaintop temple in Hubei Province, China.

The book is about my experience as a westerner traveling to my temple, about life at the temple, and what I think I learned there.  It is also a story of personal redemption, of rehabilitation, and of a great adventure very late in life.