Your stories are all of it: comedy, drama, tragedy, memoir. Your stories are more than just a literal recitation of facts and details. Your stories are full feelings, yearnings, curiosities, certainties, uncertainties. Your stories are replete with images, metaphors, symbols. Your stories are populated with fascinating characters. Your stories take you to remarkable places, even … Continue reading
I celebrated my birthday a few days ago and woke up to this photo, texted to me by my husband (who was in the kitchen making breakfast)… Dave had staged it the day before and apparently Max willingly went along. I’m still laughing. That’s always a good way to start a birthday, especially … Continue reading
There are just some times in life that call for a ritual. I’m not talking about those regular practices, habits and routines that are so essential to daily living. Instead, I’m talking about a deeper offering to mark a significant life event or movement to another age, stage or role of life. So my friends, what … Continue reading
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This year May arrived with a burst of heat and a gust of wind, a particularly unfortunate combination for me. Nothing else antagonizes my allergies like this springtime duo. And when I’m in the midst of one of my rapid fire sneezing fits, don’t even bother trying to comfort me with a well-intentioned bless you, … Continue reading
You’ve heard the story of Hansel and Gretel, right? You know, the two kids who were unceremoniously abandoned by their parents in the forest, then lured to a gingerbread cottage by a sneaky witch with an appetite for young children. So. Things looked pretty bleak for them. But they were a savvy duo, and by … Continue reading
You have a quiet knowing deep within that has always been present. It’s there. It has always been there. It will always be there. It winds through the dusky-dawn junctions of knowing and not knowing. It’s of you. And in you. And circling through you. Always. Your quiet knowing that has always been present. But sometimes, without … Continue reading
Welcome to my new online home. I’m in the midst of moving in and it might take some time to get fully settled. Still, I have this deep desire to tell you a little bit about the new place. Because I think you might be wondering a few things. Like, what does living deeply mean? … Continue reading
Let’s start by pretending. Would that be okay? Imagine you’re at home, at the end of the day. Kicking back. Comfortably settled in, doing whatever it is you like to do. Heck, maybe you don’t even have to imagine that. Maybe you’re there right now, in fact. So let’s keep going. You’re tucked away in … Continue reading
PHONE RINGS, DOOR CHIMES, IN COMES COMPANY! Her name was Debbie. What was I, 11? Maybe 12, when I met her? Yes, that sounds about right. Her older brother was friends with my older brother, and they introduced us. And I remember that I went from not knowing Debbie to knowing Debbie in an instant. … Continue reading
