Staying Centered

What keeps us centered in a shifting world? What are our escapes? And can we still go there?Radio and Newspapers are filled with the bad news, but they are also powerfully comforting resources.

My constant escape, and where I find my extra boost of daily comfort, is WGBH public radio in Boston. Years ago, I began to listen to morning pro musica host Robert J. Lurtsema, the birds! his voice! his long pauses! Now, The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor (weekdays at 8:55am) is my morning pause, for these five minutes, just following the school drop-off, is topped-off with the Poetry Foundation's poem of the day, this 5 minute program is completely blissful.
Sunday afternoons with Sound & Spirit weaves history, myth, and spiritual traditions together with music to take listeners on a journey around the world and through the ages. Great adventures are in store with Marco Werman's THE WORLD program, a joint production of BBC and WGBH.

Finely textured and woven together, GBH is all about outstanding programming that somehow has a power that keeps me centered, no matter what time of day, no matter what is happening.