“A really companionable and indispensable dog is an accident of nature. You can’t get it by breeding for it, and…
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soul work
Growing older we discover that life doesn’t actually get easier. We just become a bit more skilled at navigating the ups and downs. On good days, I can see the challenges that come my way as invitations to stretch a little, grow a little, learn a little. Viewed this way, just about everything becomes an opportunity for soul work. Read more about what soul work means to me, or browse the archive of stories below.
Gracie, 8/20/00 – 11/18/13
Everyone we know who’s ever loved and lost a dog told us the same thing: that she would let us…
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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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September afternoon
A Saturday afternoon in September, the last of them. Where the air leaves off and my skin begins, I can’t…
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