Adult Friendships: Tidal Rhythms
I had a delightful phone call with my friend Katie this week, and we found ourselves returning to a favorite subject—making and keeping friends. I realized again how much I [...]
Showing up is Powerful
Guess what? I’m going to talk about graduation again! We had my daughter’s graduation open house last weekend. It poured rain, we all crowded around the kitchen island, and I [...]
Empty Nesting and Other Changes
My daughter graduates from high school in two weeks, and we take her to college in a couple months. Having gone through this once with my son, I thought I [...]
Find Your Beach
I’m on a long-awaited pilgrimage to Provincetown, Massachusetts this week. My aunt has been visiting, working, or seasonally living here for 50 years, and for the last decade has been [...]
Inner and Outer Work
It’s hard to know what to write these days. I’m saddened and infuriated by the detention of local laborers in the last week, some of whom were the parents of [...]
The Potent Places
I took a photo of a painting I saw last week that said, “Life is a full-time job.” Amen to that! Lately, it has taken most of my energy just [...]
Babies on Planes and Other Signs of Goodness
I wrote last week about feeling afraid and got responses from several of you, thanking me for acknowledging and even welcoming fear instead of spouting platitudes about how we should [...]
Fear is Sacred
I’ve been afraid a lot lately. Afraid of the avian flu. Afraid that we get closer every day to climate collapse. Afraid for federal workers losing their jobs, what that [...]
Love in All its Forms
If I want to get some animated conversation this time of year, I can ask “How do you feel about Valentines Day?” I usually get that it’s been commercialized, and [...]
The Peace of Wild Things
If you read these newsletters or are around me for more than a few hours, you’re bound to hear me talk about taking silent retreats. Getting away to hear the [...]