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Reflections on the small things, and the big ones, that impact our day-to-day lives.

Anything Is Possible

Or Is it? Back in 2013 Diana Nyad accomplished something no other long-distance swimmer had even tried. She swam from Cuba to the U.S, without a shark cage. It was her fifth attempt…

A Vote Is a Kind of Prayer

Is America’s melting pot in the throes of a meltdown? November 6, 2024 —Up at 6:30, earlier than usual for me. I needed to pick up where I left off with last night’s…

Need a Good Cry? How about some tear-water tea?

The other day I had a yearning, very specific in its musical nature. I wanted/needed to hear “Dance Me to the End of Love,” à la Leonard Cohen when he first recorded it….

Autumn Light

It’s late August, the time when leaves have begun to lose their vibrancy. Some are turning, hints of red and yellow. The shift in daylight, ever so subtle since the summer solstice, renders…

One Shoe, Two Shoes, Red Shoes, Blue Shoes

Every so often I’m lured into watching a movie for no other reason than its catchy title. In the 2022 film, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, the Cinderella trope is turned on its…

Anxiety and Uncertainty: Loosening the Knot

Back in January, when the new year felt fresh, a New York Times essay—“How to Thrive in an Uncertain World”— caught my eye. Immediately a Pema Chodron title I go back to again…

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