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Weekly Ruminature #3: Peaks
Sometimes even the gray days of life are beautiful. Owl's Head Mountain, Adirondacks, 2010. Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal...
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Good Stuff, Good News, It’s All Good
I’ve been overusing the word “good” lately, but I have to say, it’s a hell of a lot better than overusing the word “miserable.” I had a weekend of two wonderful things: I took Zack to see the house...
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In the Deep
I had really engrossing and deep conversations with each of my brothers in the last two days. I don’t speak with them often, though I feel indeed very close to them. We have a deep trust and...
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What It Is I Am Working On
Chinese magnolia, in my beautiful garden. I wish I wrote on this blog more. I wish it were one, long continuous conversation instead of me sending postcards to the winds when I feel panicked or sad....
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What I Did Right
Today my son left his lunch on the kitchen counter, sad little sandwich and peanut butter crackers sitting there, waiting to be remembered. I grabbed a paper bag, wrote his name and his teacher’s name...
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New Year, Not-New Me
New Year, Old View: This landscape will outlast me and existed for eons before me. Christmas Day, 2014 As a magazine editor, every year I faced down the challenge of how to repackage the irresistible...
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When the Tiniest Shift is a Landslide
Snowbird, CO, July 2015. Oh the tectonic plates of the self, how they move. Months, then years, of the tiniest little shifts, certainly almost imperceptible. And then: whooooosh! A great surging up,...
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