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February, often thought of as the month for love, seems like a good time for some Rumi quotes. You might give yourself the gift of each quote by taking the time to sink into it as you read, or giving … Read More

I have considered and wondered and written about love for most of my life, I think. The first love I consciously thought about was romantic, which to me meant sacrifice and loss as the movies from the post-World War II … Read More

Eyes still closed Barely re-entering awareness from a nap I am floating up More like surfacing Slowly From the deep deep Wondering in a mere moment or two Whether to continue up To full consciousness Or to let go more … Read More

January. The start of a new year. And also the month in which I was born. I’ve always liked that, having my birthday on the first month of the year. When I was a child, a January birthday meant that … Read More

I love the sound of the ticking clock in the quiet house I hear it saying “all is well, all is well, all is well.” Sending its message through the pleasantly empty rooms In a way that immediately quiets my … Read More

I have been struggling to write this on time for it to post on its scheduled date of December 1. I have made a few starts on paper that seem to go nowhere and a few more going on in … Read More

You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the play and the opera, And grace before the concert and pantomime, And grace before I open a book, And grace before sketching                 and painting, Swimming, fencing, … Read More

Yesterday as I walked through the living room, I passed the bowl of apples on the small round side table next to my chair. I caught the scent of the apples, Granny Smiths and Lady Pinks, which sometimes happens, and … Read More

later that night i held an atlas in my lap ran my fingers across the whole world and whispered where does it hurt? it answered everywhere everywhere everywhere                                —Warsan Shire   Heart breaking, I wondered, what can I do? And … Read More

There’s a Nightmare in My Closet is the name of a children’s book that I have read since my own now adult children were very young. It’s about the phenomenon that we have seen in children or experienced ourselves as … Read More

This is the greatest gift: to choose a life one can admire oneself for living. — Mary Gordon, The Company of Women. Have you chosen a life that you can admire yourself for living? Do you even have the sense that you’ve … Read More

Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be. — Anton Chekhov

I am here again. The dancing happy version of myself who is writing on this laptop in my office during the time between appointments. I am sitting right here relatively calmly, pleased that I brought the laptop and carried it … Read More

Many years ago when I was a young bride, I taught music at an elementary school.  My office was in the teachers’ lounge, and each morning one of the third grade teachers arrived, just barely in time and of breath.  … Read More

  I went to a lovely birthday party on a recent Saturday night. My friend was celebrating her 70th birthday. 70th. I remembered being 33, the summer after my daughter was born, when a different friend from another life became … Read More