Be fully human…in Seattle
Now that the comforts of my Nalgene Polycarbonate water bottle, Purell hand cleanser, Kiehl’s Lip Balm #1 and Moisturizing Black Raspberry lip gloss have been stripped from my carry-on bags, one of the only joys of travel remaining is meeting amazing people along the way. I’ve written before about some …
On the day we were born: A Play in Three Acts for Emma
“Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.” – A.W. Pinero ACT I – August 16, 1959 “What was it like the day you were born?” Mama asked, making sure she had heard the question correctly, then answering immediately as if …
Don’t graduate
“Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow.” –Mahatma Gandhi Well, as unimaginable as it might seem, yet once more, no one called to ask me to deliver a profoundly moving, yet delightfully witty and somewhat intellectually stimulating commencement address …
Pin your hopes to quiet processes
"I pin my hopes to quiet processes and small circles, in which vital and transforming events take place." – Rufus Jones The world outside makes me quiet, sometimes, with its horror and fear and terror and hate. Like today. Like yesterday. Perhaps like tomorrow. With war and shoe bombs and …
Pippi and me
Perhaps you will enjoy this wee little essay that appears today in the Christian Science Monitor!
Be the camera
“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” – Harper Lee In the truest sense of the word, the universe provides what we need when we need it. Or perhaps we only can hear the messages we need when we need …
Live first, write later
Someone–and I’m not sure who, perhaps you?–needs to introduce me to the poet Billy Collins. I’ve been patient. I’ve waited my turn. I’ve written essays about this need. To no avail, dear reader, to no avail. Surely if we put into motion the infamous "six degrees of separation," someone among …
Change yardsticks
"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." – Albert Einstein "Our property taxes–just property taxes–were $30,000! Can you imagine! Of course, it was a 3-story house on the biggest lake in Texas, and we had two boats and a boat-landing, but still!" …
Wear pink glasses
“When you possess light within, you see it externally.” -Anaïs Nin She walked with a pronounced limp, shifting her weight to roll one hip forward; it appeared that one side of her was shorter than the other—and both were quite short to begin with. She wore gray pants with old …
Say hi to Yaron
Update: The rockets from Lebanon into Israel are hitting less than 7 miles from my friend, Yaron, whose story is told in this post – and not much farther than that from my friend Eliav and his family. Please keep them in your thoughts, won’t you? The world and all …
