In late summer 2019, I was putting the finishing touches on Courage Says “Keep On,” a book about my grandmother, …
Category: Writing and Published Works
Traveling on the gristly path – or, why can’t change ever be easy?
A wise and beloved teacher in my life sometimes uses the word “gristle” to describe challenging concepts that take a …
Ode to a Scrappy Girl
In late October, I said goodbye to a feisty little member of my family. The goodbye seems to be taking …
Acting “as though” a broken world could change
Shantideva was an 8th-century Indian philosopher, Buddhist monk, poet, and scholar at the monastic university of Nalanda. As I ponder …
Joyfully Invisible
I took this photo while hiking in southern Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo mountains. As I look at it, I am …
Remembering Richard 2022: Gratitude and Grammar
Today, March 2, early in the morning, I lit a natural beeswax candle. It was a soft gold in color, …
Fear is physical—so be still, my heart
The earliest citation of the full phrase ‘be still, my beating heart’ comes from William Mountfort’s Zelmane, 1705: “Ha! hold …
Writing my way through crazy, part 3
Craziness and what to do about it (besides try to write through it) has occupied too much space in my …
Writing my way through crazy, part 2
I’ll kick off this post with a French phrase that is often used in legal contracts: force majeure. The website …
Writing my way through crazy, part 1
The year 2021 ended badly for many. I am one of the fortunate ones, but nonetheless I can’t ignore a …