

All you have to do is ask
In the Bible, we are told "Ask and it shall be given." But asking isn't as simple as all that because sometimes the simplest things are...


Honor thy mother
What a perfect day for Earth Day in my neighborhood! The sky is blue. The temperature is comfortable. The forsythia has popped open....


Easy for you to say!
Five years ago, to the day, I was wondering about resentment. Just remember, as you read this archived piece, it's called a practice for...


The rites of spring
As I said last week, it feels here like it's finally spring, the season of resurrection, or maybe even of reincarnation. Things are...


The beginning of compassion
I've often thought that April 1 would make a much more logical New Year's Day than January 1. It's spring, things are starting to grow,...


Listen to the sound of silence
Last Saturday, I watched with hope and amazement the March for Our Lives. So many thoughts raced through my head. So many feelings...


STOP the algorithms!
Algorithms! How many times have you heard that word in the past two years? They're everywhere. Because computers are everywhere and...


Whaddyaknow!!!!
We had two March snowstorms within a week of each other -- both nor'easters that come with wet, heavy snow that falls fast and thick over...


Do you believe in magic?
I've read a lot of things in the past month -- old, new, fact, fiction, for young, for old and older, prose, poetry. You get the idea....


Venn can we talk?
Remember those glum days in algebra class where you were daydreaming about your latest crush and wondering vaguely, "When am I ever going...