It's the little things ...or the importance of rituals
I went to a bridal shower this past weekend, and in a conversation with an 11-year-old soon-to-be niece of the bride I found myself...
Love and pain in all things
Some experiences are so full of love that we feel an enormous surge of pain when they come to an end. Departure day of summer camp is...
Out of sorts
You know how sometimes you just feel out of sorts? Does that ever happen to you? I have had a serious case of the out-of-sorts for the...
Take 5
What do you do when your computer crashes? Take 5. What do you do when you are frustrated at work? Take 5. What do you do when you want...
The elephant in the room...is you.
I admit it. Ever since the election, I've been wondering -- wondering hard -- about how divided we are. I'm not the only one. Every news...
Time for a maintenance check-up
I was feeling more than a little frustrated on Sunday as I was dead-heading the peonies in my front garden. I noticed that the annuals...
The power of breath
I'm taking a story-telling workshop with two wonderful teachers (links are embedded in their names -- check them out, take a class, join...
In memory of our best selves
Happy Memorial Day...seems like an odd salutation to me. Memorial Day began as a post Civil War springtime tribute to the fallen soldiers...
Watching the grass grow
I love this time of year. The crocuses, daffodils and hyacinths have bloomed and faded. The flowering trees are beginning to leaf out,...
The day after, and the day after that, and so on...
Happy day after Mother's Day. Or day after the day after Mother's Day, or whatever day of the week or month or year you find yourself...
