On Aging and Mortality
Sometimes I wish I were a deer for the sheer wonder of its speed or a beetle, small, hard to see, and with a shell that protects my soft guts…
On aging
Sugar-the dog is getting old. She is a rescue dog, and her first 7 years were hard on her, tied up and beaten daily - outside a meth trailer -…
Beauty’s becoming – a meditation on gain and loss
Our culture confuses beauty and glamor. They are different. Glamor sells, whereas beauty inspires. Britney Spears may sell but Vanessa Redgrave inspires. Glamor is flawless whereas beauty can be centered…
Exhaling
When we breathe, we inhale and then we exhale. For those of us whose childhoods were particularly difficult or who have survived trauma, the breath is shallow, tentative, furtive, and…