Madhu Bazaz Wangu

Thrilling News!Mindful Writers Retreat Series, SHELL HOUSE eBook is on sale for $0.99! All proceeds go to the MERR Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of marine mammals and sea turtles located in Shell House’s beautiful setting of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware! The twenty-three-story collection, SHELL HOUSE is replete with various genres: Humor, Fantasy, Magic, Science Fiction, Family Relationships, Romance. All stories are inspired by the 100 years old mansion known as “Shell House” located on Rehoboth Beach. My contribution to the collection is the story, “Life in the Mirror.” As I studied the one-hundred-year-old sprawling mansion with balconies, corridors, Victorian furniture, manicured gardens, beach in the front and wilderness at the back I began to hear the haunting sounds of a sorrowful voice as if searching for itself. The story wrote...

Fall Season: Watercolors

Posted on July 24, 2022

Here is one of watercolor out of many that adorns the cover of my first CD, Meditations for Mindful Writers: Body, Heart, Mind. Titled, Fall Season in Pittsburgh I painted it in the autumn of 1979. ...

LOVES OF KRISHNA, Linoleum Prints

Posted on July 19, 2022

I made a series of linoleum prints in 1978 titled, "Loves of Krishna." They depicted Hindu god Krishna with his love Radha in various settings. I haven't made any new linoleum prints since. But I thought you may enjoy looking at these three. They are from my art archives of prints, paintings and drawings. ...

Books on Sale! Enjoy your Summer! Read!

Posted on July 6, 2022

Mere fun reading is out. Here's what is in: entertaining, enlightening, and transformative books. Have enjoyable and unforgettable summer months! All my ibooks are on sale at Smashwords.com except CHANCE MEETINGS. It is free! Here's the link: https://cutt.ly/sLt4Xu6 ...

SHELL HOUSE

Posted on June 22, 2022

Mindful Writers Fourth Retreat Anthology I received my copy of SHELL HOUSE, the fourth anthology by twenty-three Mindful Writers. At first, I thought to save the book to read during our summer vacation to Canadian Rockies while traveling by Rocky Mountaineer Train. But when it arrived I couldn't wait. I read the first story, then the second and couldn't stop reading. It has turned into my bedtime read. Fantastic! My story, "Life in the Mirror" is about how fanciful and implausible events occur if creativity is suppressed. This is my first story with the "Fantasy" theme. What about ordering your own copy? Here's the link:https://cutt.ly/XKiiKlL ...

Spiritually Fired? Light Others!

Posted on May 1, 2022

To the quote below I would add that while lighting another candle it flares brighter. It turns wiser by teaching. So keep giving of yourself. Disseminate the knowledge you have, share your surplus, keep your heart open. Then watch your days turning happier and more satisfying. ...

Honored Guest Hosts Finalized

Posted on April 12, 2022

I am delighted to share the complete list of the honored guest-hosts (writers, artists, poets, film makers, editors) who are leading OMWG in 2022! Jennifer D. Diamond (January) Deborah Catanese (February) Lorraine Bonzelet (March) Gloria Muhly Baer Bostic (April) Stephanie Keyes (May) Lisa Hering (June) Shahrukh Husain (July) Madhu Bazaz Wangu (August) Hilary Hauck (September) Wende Dikec (October) Jennifer D. Diamond (November) Fritze Roberts (December) 2022 will the most fascinating year to date. If you are interested in leading the group for a month in 2023 please email or message me. Thank you so much in advance! With love, Madhu ...

Volunteers Needed to Lead Online Mindful Writers Group

Posted on March 8, 2022

Good Morning Writer Friends! You may or may not be familiar with my Online Mindful Writers Group (OMWG) where I and my guests post inspiring and motivating piece each morning. Check it out at: https://tinyurl.com/MindfulWriters For the previous years weekly guest-hosts and I have been taking turns to write daily posts but this year, our fifth we have a different format. Talented mindful writers from different genres are hosting and posting for one month each. Would you like to host a month at OMWG? Let me know. In the book, Powers of Two, Joshua Wolf Shenk banishes the idea of solitary genius and demonstrates that our richest works comes from collaboration. At OMWG it is not power of just one or two but power of many that is the real driver of creativity...

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926-2022)

Posted on January 22, 2022

in Meditation

Obeisance to the Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (1926-2022) whom I consider as one of my spiritual teachers. His works introduced me to mindful walking, mindful thinking and how to live mindfully in my day to day life. What better way to pay my deepest admiration and reverence than with his own words. Thay On Death"Even when the cloud is not there, it continues as snow or rain. It is impossible for the cloud to die. It can become rain or ice, but it cannot become nothing. The cloud does not need to have a soul in order to continue. There’s no beginning and no end. I will never die. There will be a dissolution of this body, but that does not mean my death.I will continue, always." Excerpts from the...

Heals and Fulfills: The Other Shore

Posted on January 6, 2022

in Writing