A Longing is its Own Pleasure
I am in a season of longing. At 51, with my children in college and beginning post-college life, everything that seemed off-limits to me the last 20 years is rising up ferociously. I have loved [...]
Caring and Not Caring
Happy New Year, friends! So many of you responded to my invitation to contribute to art supplies for my trip to Liberia, visiting The Hope Project’s school. Over $1000! I fly out on January 22, [...]
Help me Spread the Joy of Creativity
Next month, I’m going to Liberia! I have never been to Africa, and it’s been decades since I’ve gone on any kind of trip that could be considered humanitarian or service oriented. Mostly, I have [...]
Mature People Show Up
I would never call myself a patient or persistent person. I’m forever in search of the epiphany, the dramatic transformation, the a-ha. But this week, reading Norman Fischer’s book “Taking our Places: The Buddhist Path [...]
Healing Exchanges
I went to physical therapy this week (this seems to be what our 50’s are about?!) and was adjacent to an interaction that I keep thinking about. The practitioner who worked with me was a [...]
Grateful for my Non Toothache
20 years ago, I used to watch Oprah when I folded laundry at the end of the day. The 9:00 rerun was my time. The house was finally quiet, dinner dishes put away, kids asleep. [...]