A New Year’s Gratitude Ritual
I've heard some criticism of the whole "Live in the moment" adage on the basis that remembering the past can give us a lot of pleasure and meaning. This can be done any anytime, [...]
Advent 2020: Encroaching Darkness, Wide Awake
A few days ago, I remembered. “Crap! It’s almost Advent. Will I write again this year?” There are a million reasons not to. I often get hooked by an insidious little voice that says “It’s [...]
Muffins and Other Good Things
Like many of you, the following monikers flock together in a description of my week: Hopeful, fearful, exhilarating, under-stimulated, connected, lonely, annoyed, content, overwhelmed, underwhelmed. A bundle of opposites, sometimes all in one minute. But [...]
Favorite Reads of 2020
I read 91 books in 2020. For anyone that’s unhealthily keeping track like I am, that’s 29 LESS than I read in 2019. (You can read last year’s recommendations here .) I absolutely know why. [...]
How to take a Solo Retreat
I’m here again, honoring the commitment I made to myself a year ago that I would take a quarterly solo retreat. This is a practice that was modeled to me growing up. My dad would [...]
Mothering is just One Kind of Love
Every year, I share the same thoughts about Mother's Day. I wake up thinking about them, usually in this order: My children, Wyatt and Loretta, are fascinating, tender marvels. And that doesn't have to do so [...]