the circle of life
Birthdays come with persistent regularity -- if we are lucky. Mine comes on the first of October, a beautiful month of the year in...
I can see for miles and miles
Sitting outside on a beautiful, sunny September afternoon in Connecticut last week, I was idly appreciating the late summer surroundings...
Oh, my! Oh my, my, my!
Several weeks back a friend sent me one of those contemplative stories that go around social media because she thought I’d like it, and...
go and open the door
Here is my third poem of the summer for you. Even though it's September, and summer is still with us, we turn our attention ahead to...
wholly happy day
Although our word “holiday” derives from the Old English hāligdæg (about 950 in Lindisfarne Gospels), a compound of hālig HOLY + dæg...
being shaped by others
Another Monday away, another poem -- this time a reading from Mark Nepo's stunning book of a year's daily reflections called The Book of...
In giving
It is in giving, Saint Francis teaches us, that we receive. So, if you want to receive, that is, if you want to be rich, give. But let’s...
the hungry future
This summer, I'm taking a series of mini-trips to visit family and friends in various spots in New England. I try to be a welcome guest...
Who wrote the rules of your life?
Who wrote the rules of your life? I was raised Catholic so a lot of my early rules come from the Baltimore Catechism -- rules about who...
Fight magnetism!
Do you know how magnetism works, or what it is exactly? Can you explain it to a six-year old? We take a lot for granted in life. Well, I...
