The Art of Staying

This year, I'm celebrating the 30th anniversary of my 16th birthday! At (almost ) midlife, 30 years feels both expansive and momentary...

There are things in life that just feel right – places and feelings and ideas that fit as snugly together as a key in a lock… Like...

Dear 2020, It’s almost your birthday! Just about 366 days ago, we welcomed you with the most open of arms. Through the far reaches of...

I write for pleasure, most of the time. Give me a good pen, a nice sheet of paper, ample time and away I go. This post, however, is a...

Fall has arrived -melancholic, transitional, deeply beautiful as it gently paves the way for the arrival of it’s handsome, sleepy cousin,...

I have a friend in Placentia. For all kinds of reasons, she is flying in and out of my stream of consciousness on this August morning,...

I have a friend in Placentia. For all kinds of reasons, she is flying in and out of my stream of consciousness on this August morning,...

I have a friend in Placentia. For all kinds of reasons, she is flying in and out of my stream of consciousness on this August morning,...

Dear Readers, This blog was written a few weeks ago, when the world was much less upside down, when we could visit on a whim and hug...

To live on an island and then to choose to live on the very edge of that island, as we do in many rural communities, well, there’s a...