Look closely at the sky. Every day. Take pictures. Walk outside no matter what the weather. Listen to a song on repeat (lately, for me, it’s One Day by Matisyahu but others have been Fix You by Coldplay, Kite by U2, Just Breathe by Pearl Jam, Universal Child by Annie Lennox, and The Story by [...]
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. I thank you god for this most amazing day. Thank you…. … to the lovely, loving crowds that made my 92 year old grandfather, celebrating his 71st reunion, smile more widely than I’ve ever seen … to the rain for holding off. The absence of biblical flooding [...]
Kristin Noelle’s site, Trust Tending, is one of my must-read blogs. Kristin writes lyrically about her efforts to live a life beyond fear. She shares conversations (I was honored in January to participate), music, and open, honest reflections on her yearning to trust the universe. The essential journey that Kristin is chronicling and sharing is [...]
From the first he loved Princeton—its lazy beauty, its half-grasped significance, the wild moonlight revel of the rushes, the handsome, prosperous big-game crowds… (Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise) Princeton takes reunions very seriously. Very. This weekend is my 15th. This will be Matt’s 3rd reunion and for the first time, we are bringing the kids. [...]
(1997: our first reunion) I’m going to be with the women who are closest to my heart this weekend. The brilliant, wise, intelligent, kind, loving, loyal, hilarious women who created for me – finally! – a place I felt I belonged. We have come so far from those sun and beer-soaked days 15 years ago [...]
How shall the heart be reconciled/ to its feast of losses? (Stanley Kunitz) This time of year is undeniably about endings. This is so even as the world bursts into bloom around me, asserting the fact that no matter what, life will return and triumph. I am always heavy-hearted in the spring, as the school [...]
Last year I wrote a happy birthday post for this guy and received several comments to the effect that people didn’t know I was married. Well, that’s just one of the lines I draw. There’s a lot of personal stuff I’m happy to share, but one of the places I’ve decided is off limits is [...]
Last night I folded up a big Target box and put it in the recycling bin. The box was covered in sharpie words and crayon drawings, and has been a major focus of this house for several days. As I took it out, noticing that the air is positively swampy with spring as I did [...]
Inspiration’s been a little slow in coming this week. My writing has stalled to a complete halt and I’m trying not to panic about it. I know that the specter of the end of the year has commenced its menacing looming; I can feel it flickering around the edges of every day. Another school year [...]
On Monday afternoon I interviewed about 8 people for positions in finance. In between interviews, I hurriedly opened Katrina Kenison‘s Mitten Strings for God and devoured a few pages. Last summer I drove down to New York for an event that Aidan hosted with Dani Shapiro. As I drove, I listened to Mary Oliver reading [...]
