Photo of the Week — Contemplating Beauty
We are made immortal by the contemplation of beauty. — Emerson May you walk in beauty.
Now is the only moment there is
Every once in a while the universe delivers a sudden wake-up call. This week the wake-up call was the sudden passing of a friend’s husband and soulmate, Steve. I’m not sure why this has rocked me so deeply. I feel regret for not taking the opportunity to get to know Read more…
Photo of the Week — Morning Light
Sometimes the magic appears in the mundane. Earlier this week I was in my office working when I noticed a shaft of morning light angling towards the cup of pens and pencils on the corner of my desk. It struck me as one of those fleeting moments of luminous beauty Read more…
Remains of the Day
My daughter and her family came for a visit last weekend. Because they live an 8-hour drive away, both parents work, and they have early grade-school kids, their visits are infrequent. We did a lot of planning and preparation for the weekend, getting beds ready, baking cookies, menu planning, and Read more…
Owning My Story
I had a dream recently about a traumatic time in my adolescence. In the dream events from my past were replaying again (as they have countless times before in my dreams), but this time I did something new, something I didn’t do in real life—I used my voice to speak Read more…