It’s incredibly easy to complain about the decisions other people make, especially people with positional power over us.  True, some of those decisions are short-sighted, morally wrong, or even disastrous, and some people enjoy wielding power. [...]

My last newsletter in July was titled, “Let There be Space.” I had it! I experienced, as I do every August, the immense relief, pleasure, and privilege of taking unpressured time off. No social media, airplanes, or email. [...]

This is my last newsletter for a month, as I’m about to go offline for my usual August break. By now, all my wonderful clients anticipate it with me. Around June, they start inquiring about it. By far, in [...]

I just got back from seeing the Mary Oliver documentary (at the Pickford, of course! Bellingham’s gem indie theater) and wrote this little poem:  Mary Oliver Documentary Review  If she were alive, she’d never have consented to a documentary about her [...]

I’ve just returned from a trip to France with my husband Yancey and our friends Elie, Lisa, and their son Theo. It was such a delicious, memorable time, especially being around a 10-year-old naturalist on a [...]

A few years ago I went on a long-awaited pilgrimage to Provincetown, Massachusetts. My aunt has been visiting, working, or seasonally living here for 50 years, and for the last decade has been living in a [...]