7
Jun
2015
The Grass is Greener…
…where you water it. We planted strips of inexpensive shade-loving sod from Home Depot this year and it’s flourishing. The expensive full-sun... Read More
24
May
2015
Seeking Essence
Finding the Merci in Memorial Day. Sometimes ideas float around before they find a proper anchor. Gratefully, I have come to trust... Read More
10
May
2015
Deconstructing Time
We don’t ask how long the sun will take to set. But little else in our lives is free from clocks and... Read More
3
May
2015
The Days Are Long
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The years are short. It doesn’t feel this way until your forties. At least for me. My twenties and thirties were filled... Read More
26
Apr
2015
Navigating Authority
It started off as a kind of life strategy speech. Our son Finn is an alternative thinker, a free spirit. We used... Read More
19
Apr
2015
Give Up the Ghost
I couldn’t figure out why I have SO resisted this spring. To say I was sick of winter would be a gigantic... Read More
12
Apr
2015
Lasso the Counterpoint
The Universe is Conspiring to Help You This is the perfect counterpoint to: The world is out to get me or another... Read More
5
Apr
2015
LIFE MAMA
I love when misunderstandings are a giant gift. One sunny afternoon, at a mountain-top picnic, lying on her back with a daughter... Read More
29
Mar
2015
Forecast Calls for Fog
Thick Fog. This is how I feel for about ten days every month. Like I am wading through a swamp of unrelenting... Read More
22
Mar
2015
The Great Unknown
Diving into the deep end. That’s where we were this past Wednesday night. Sitting in the bleachers at the YMCA pool with... Read More