“Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.” ~ Mary Oliver Shortly before Christmas, on the raw, drizzly night when…
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this is 60
Sixty is not middle-aged. Not even close. Sixty is a reckoning with the truth of mortality, with change, with a…
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you are enough
“Sit down wherever you are And listen to the wind singing in your veins.” ~ John Welwood You are enough….
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choosing joy
I’ve spent the last few weeks rummaging around in the basement, carting boxes of stuff off to Goodwill, decorating for…
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parenting advice
from a 24-year-old son
A few weeks ago, I called my son Jack for advice. I’d been invited to California to speak to parents…
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joy, tempered
Even joy can be complicated. Some thoughts on peace and politics in troubled times.