This is the first in a series of letters between me and my friend, author Margaret Roach, on the challenges (and…
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Change
I’ve been paying close attention to the weather lately. Over the last few days, frost has claimed the last of…
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Ready for Air–and a give-away
It wasn’t lost on me that I read Kate Hopper’s lovely memoir, Ready for Air, earlier this month, while in…
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This is 55
I’ve been fifty-five for a little over a week now. Rounding this corner, finding myself squarely in the long-shadowed afternoon…
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Time in a bottle
I spent most of yesterday morning in the kitchen with my son Jack, windows open to the September air. In ten…
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Still hard, and more beautiful than ever
Iwas outside at dawn this morning, as I’ve been most days this summer. Standing in the wet grass, watching the…
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