This is a time of transition. I can feel us moving to another phase, another season, in every sense of the word. I am aware of that deep in my body and my spirit. I dislike change with every fiber of my being, and I wish I was able to let go more. I’m really [...]
It’s not a surprise that I love to read. I go through phases, though, where I don’t read much. I’m not sure why. Last summer I read mostly magazines and Mary Oliver poems. For the last month or so I’ve read very little, probably because I’ve been so consumed with work. I’m slowly starting to [...]
On Saturday Whit asked to try biking without his training wheels. He’s a cautious fellow, uninclined to try something new until he’s fairly sure he can do it. In the past he has been adamantly opposed to trying to bike on two wheels. So we though we ought to jump on his new interest. And [...]
Saturday morning dawned clear and cold. I took Grace and Whit out to breakfast at our favorite diner while Matt slept in. Later, we went to meet some friends to walk around the reservoir in our town. Our friends have a five year old son and an 18 month old daughter. Slowly, we circled the [...]
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature – Frank Lloyd Wright It’s no secret that I ache to believe in God. The truth is I ache to believe in something. What’s also true is that slowly, with almost infinitessimal steps, I’m finding myself doing so, in my own way: beginning to trust in [...]
Grace, Whit and I went to Walden today. Over the years I have been there often, pulled by something beyond me, and I always go in the winter. I like it empty and quiet. I like to be the only person (people) there. I like it when I can feel the spirituality crackling in the [...]
Almost a year ago I drove over an hour to have lunch with two new blog-friends. Jo from Mylestones and Corinne from Trains, Tutus, and Teatime. Over flatbread we chatted and chatted and barely had time to take a breath. The time flew by. And then, over the summer, I got to spend lots more [...]
Last week I read Susan Piver’s beautiful writing about the importance of sadness and sighed, nodded, and cried at the same time. She was expressing exactly what I was trying to say, unsuccessfully, the other day. I wasn’t having a bad day, though several friends called me and asked if I was OK after reading [...]
alchemy any magical power or process of transmuting a common substance, usually of little value, into a substance of great value. Alchemy has always been one of my favorite words. And in that way the universe has, which I’m learning to pay ever-closer attention to, two marvelous people used it in their comments on my [...]
I’m in, on the surface, one of the world’s un-poetic places. Disney World. And yet. And yet. It’s been busy, with tired children and tired in-laws and lots of walking and lots of crowds. Finally, at last, yesterday afternoon I had a few moments to sit down and read. And I opened the new O [...]
