On a crisp fall afternoon with cloudless sky and crunchy leaves on the hard ground, I sat at my desk. This kind of weather has grown-ups stomping like kids on wooded paths making crinkly sounds through the foliage piles. Staying inside on a day like this is a recipe for depression, for feeling de-pressed, pressed… Continue Reading
I tried to explain Big Rock to my four grandkids, how what seemed towering now looks tiny. But the oldest, twin nine-year-olds, don’t know metaphor or how views change with time. My younger siblings, neighborhood pals and I loved Big Rock, dumped our bikes at the base of this formation along the side of Big… Continue Reading
I was recently interviewed by Dr. Elizabeth Strawbridge and yoga teacher Genell Vashro Huston during a lovely three week cleanse they led. This was a cleanse in the largest sense offering invitations to take a look at patterns and habits we might want to change as winter approaches. It was an honor for me. youtubeembedcode… Continue Reading
This is fiction but the emotions that arise and pass with loved ones living with dementia are real. She didn’t usually leave mad. She left sad sometimes. After all, she watched the residents decline from day to day at Sunnybrook Dementia Care Community, the assisted care facility where her mother lived. Alzheimer’s takes its toll, minds… Continue Reading
I keep it on the counter. I can’t use it because Dad, in crafting me a 17-by-9-inch cutting board for my home 13 years ago, polyurethaned it, poison for food. Impractical, it stands at one end of the soapstone countertop, propped on the side of the refrigerator. Dad loved wood grains. This treasure has stripes… Continue Reading
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