'Tis the season
My husband wondered if my cast iron frying pan needed replacing. I disagreed, extolling the nuances of seasoned cast iron cookware. Even...
Another week
This week, I thought a lot about this letter and I after six days I had a pretty full-blown notion of content. But now, it's Sunday night...
God is awake
When my father was diagnosed with lymphoma in 1980 he taped a small paper with these words by Victor Hugo on the mirror in his bathroom:...
It's deja vu all over again
It happens here every year and no one captured it better than Joni Mitchell in the beautiful "Urge for Going." The season is finally...
Back to basics
All I can do now is return to the basics. Number 1: Remember to breathe. By which I mean, when I am agitated, irritated or unfocused, I...
The game's afoot -- once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.
This past week has been a test that I kept failing. I tried reminding myself of the fable of the farmer that I wrote about several weeks...
At the end of the day, we are in this together
At the end of the day, we are in this together. We are finally at the end of a very long metaphorical day -- the US election season....
Finding peace in the midst of turmoil
Whenever it is an effort for me to find peace in the chaos (in this case, the chaos of current political events), I turn to nature,...
Thank you, Donald J Trump
For me, as for many others, this presidential campaign has been the most upsetting and distressing in a lifetime thanks to Donald Trump....
The reason everything happens
You've probably heard people say, "Everything happens for a reason." I think I know what the reason is. Last week, all my anxiety about...
