If you’ve ever fallen out of touch with a friend, you already know this: reconnecting isn’t easy. You quiet your…
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an oasis of silence
We need to recover an oasis of silence within the rhyme and reason of our active life, for it is…
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how is your heart today?
It is still dark, not yet five, too early to be awake. But here I am, eyes wide open. It’s…
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activism for introverts
When I began writing here in 2009, I was feeling my way. I did not have a Facebook page or…
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mending the world
My mom, who is eighty, gets up in the dark every morning. She likes to sit near the window in…
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