“We will all get hit by coming-of-age moments throughout life.” Joy Harjo, first Native American United States Poet Laureate Recently my husband and I were facing one more medical situation after another. Almost suddenly, it seemed, we started to become aware that some of what had been part of our … Read More
In touch with the vast ocean, I breathe in Smiling with the vast ocean, I breathe out (from Plum Village Deep Relaxation Meditation) Many years ago, when my children were thirteen and ten, we moved together from where they had been born to a new town. I was uprooting my … Read More
1. My stream of consciousness I flew in to be here I was watering some flowers in the quiet morning When two little birds caught my eye on the empty feeders Looking for what’s left of what is usually full, now eaten Mostly by squirrels First I was simply with … Read More
“Though we shake our heads, admitting on bad days that [life] is all too hard, if some legendary film director were to offer you such a part, you’d think it a role of a lifetime —and it is.” — Mark Nepo In the third grade, I started being the youngest … Read More