“The world is violent and mercurial — it will have its way with you. We are saved only by love…
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happy reports
The other morning, I snapped the leash onto Tess’s collar and headed out for a walk. We followed our old…
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expectations
Before we can change anything in our life, we have to recognize that this is the way it is meant…
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four lessons I learned from surgery
It’s been two and a half weeks since my second hip replacement, a bit more than two months since the…
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dear old(er):
my best apple cake
and the beauty of lying fallow
This is the fourth in a series of letters between me and my friend, author Margaret Roach, on the challenges…
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oasis
The surgeon was running a little late. I was right on time. I had followed every pre-op instruction to the…
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