Sunday morning dawned clear and very cold. Winter has swept in in Thanksgiving’s wake. I took Grace and Whit to one of my favorite places, Mount Auburn Cemetery. My children love it there as well; I imagine they pick on the same sense of peace as I do. Plus, there is a great circular tower [...]
My friend and HBS classmate Chris and I have connected through our blogs in the last year. I did not know Chris at school, though I knew who he was, and my impression was that he was very bright and very authentically happy. I assumed he would have no interest in someone with as little [...]
A few random things from this holiday weekend … We are back from a couple of days with a big family congregation, including our patriarch, my 92 year old grandfather (and assorted foreign students and friends). Notably, my children fell head-over-heels in love with my cousin, who, luckily, lives nearby. Today is the 8 year [...]
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. Meister Eckhart Email this post
Thanksgiving. My heart is full, the kind of fullness that verges on discomfort. I reread my 2007 and 2008 posts about what I was thankful for, and it all still feels right today. Also in my mind right now, adding to the fullness of my heart, is the memory of seven years ago, of my [...]
Jo wrote yesterday at Mylestones about the common – and toxic – belief that “life is what happens next, if we could just get past the hurdle right in front.” Her post is beautiful, powerful writing; probably my favorite I’ve ever read by her, which is saying something as I read every word she writes. [...]
How do I love you two? Let me count the ways. I love you some enormous amount that is derived by a complicated equation. The inputs to the equation include eight children, an infinite number of trips to Costco, two hundred Halloween decorations, 14 personalized red sweatbands, 30th, 35th, and 40th birthday parties, Southside mix, [...]
Thanks to Amy I’ve got Townes Van Zandt in my head tonight … this song, If I Needed You, has been one of my very favorites for a long time. It’s a quiet, dark evening, and I’m wistful, thinking of those who are always there for me. If I Needed You If I needed you [...]
Denise and I have been bemoaning a shared lack of inspiration right now. This is sinking pretty low, but it’s Friday, and it’s dark, and it’s what I have. Vanity Fair has two questionnaires every month – the famous Proust Questionnaire (meaty questions, back page) and the lighter list in the Culture section in the [...]
The bare branches of the tree outside my window, lit from below as the sun sinks below the horizon. There’s something painfully, heartbreakingly gorgeous about the flaming ends of things: leaves at their highest pitch of color, the glow of the last light before dusk. This light comes from below the horizon, and is full [...]
