Did You Know about Owls’ Ears? Cats’ Bellies? Caterpillar Hairs?
There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in ANYONE’s philosophy, to borrow a phrase from the bard. Don’t believe Hamlet (or me)?…
Category: Connection
The Truth Tellers: Noemi Ban
Since I published my first “Truth Tellers” post, the idea of “the truth” has become increasingly controversial. I started this post many times, but nothing ever seemed…
Saving Graces: Reading, and Compassion
It’s a day for lovers, so I’m republishing a post from New Year’s Eve, which various technical difficulties prevented from distribution at the time. Want to improve…
Hawk daycare
Sometimes your blog is overtaken. By a hawk. In your backyard. This is such a blog. As my younger son Ian and I were talking this afternoon—he…
Right-brain editing. Wait. What?
That your left brain does not know what the right is doing is not news. If the right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing (observe…
Magical thinking
I’d never felt more like a fairy queen. My slender craft floated on gentle, aquamarine wavelets under a cerulean sky littered with puffy clouds. To either side…
Little child lost
Some are reaching the saturation point regarding the inhumanity of separating children from their parents at the US border. But it’s a human imperative to share what…
A Kitten Tale: Sinbad
My kids used to beg for the bedtime story about Sinbad. They knew the real story, of course: our sleek, archetypal black cat had simply appeared, like…
Mary Oliver, and Peonies
In honor of National Poetry month, I am dedicating my April blog to the tender and beautiful poem “Peonies,”* by Mary Oliver. As it happens, my own…
Easter joys and letting go
This Easter, may you be spared a surfeit of sweets! “Huh? What’s that?” you say. “What’s Easter without a major glycemic overload?” When my offspring were young,…
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The Truth Tellers: Noemi Ban
Since I published my first “Truth Tellers” post, the idea of “the truth” has become increasingly controversial. I started this post many times, but nothing ever seemed…
Saving Graces: Reading, and Compassion
It’s a day for lovers, so I’m republishing a post from New Year’s Eve, which various technical difficulties prevented from distribution at the time. Want to improve…
Hawk daycare
Sometimes your blog is overtaken. By a hawk. In your backyard. This is such a blog. As my younger son Ian and I were talking this afternoon—he…
Right-brain editing. Wait. What?
That your left brain does not know what the right is doing is not news. If the right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing (observe…
Magical thinking
I’d never felt more like a fairy queen. My slender craft floated on gentle, aquamarine wavelets under a cerulean sky littered with puffy clouds. To either side…
Little child lost
Some are reaching the saturation point regarding the inhumanity of separating children from their parents at the US border. But it’s a human imperative to share what…
A Kitten Tale: Sinbad
My kids used to beg for the bedtime story about Sinbad. They knew the real story, of course: our sleek, archetypal black cat had simply appeared, like…
Mary Oliver, and Peonies
In honor of National Poetry month, I am dedicating my April blog to the tender and beautiful poem “Peonies,”* by Mary Oliver. As it happens, my own…
Easter joys and letting go
This Easter, may you be spared a surfeit of sweets! “Huh? What’s that?” you say. “What’s Easter without a major glycemic overload?” When my offspring were young,…