Parenting: The Practice I Can’t QuitDuring a particularly heated and challenging exchange with one of my children, sometimes I like to imagine I’m in a gym.Oct 8, 2022Oct 8, 2022
Breathe.Transformation of waste into nourishment. Life itself captured in the cycle of a breath.Sep 12, 2020Sep 12, 2020
Lent…2020Are we “social distancing” out of fear for our own bodies? Or care for theirs?Apr 10, 2020Apr 10, 2020
Healing Through ImagesWhen my daughter’s father died, I recall feeling weird that I had taken photos of the open casket. When I became aware of the Victorian…Mar 2, 2020Mar 2, 2020
He Wasn’t Done: Reflections on MLK, part 2I am 39. It struck me this MLK Day that I am the age that Martin Luther King Jr. was when he was assassinated.Feb 5, 2020Feb 5, 2020
Reflections on MLK: part 1Prosperity has allowed us an intensified scrutiny directed at our chosen heroes. Through the 80’s-00’s, America sheltered a variety of…Feb 5, 2020Feb 5, 2020
To the Untrained Eye…A little bit of sage wisdom from my seven-year-old: “It is awesome…but not to the untrained eye.”Jan 25, 2020Jan 25, 2020
Negotiating traditions: TheTinsel WarsFor awhile I nicknamed the holiday season the “Tinsel Wars” because it was with such dread that I approached the emotional vulnerability…Dec 23, 2019Dec 23, 2019
Finding the Guiding Question of the DaySo, you know, just another Thursday. Dec 19, 2019Dec 19, 2019