Inside & Outside of Pain

In Bel Canto, a book I just finished reading last weekend (& loved!), author Ann Patchett, perfectly evokes the power … More

My kind of Christmas

It was a Christmas weekend unlike any other, especially for me, as I typically don’t celebrate this holiday. However, this … More

A Corner Where Pain & Hope Meet

It’s heartbreaking to watch and listen to a person describe their unrelenting and debilitating pain; to hear how they have … More

Emails: Forgotten & Found

I received an email from a woman in Cambodia a few days ago. She was a local woman living in … More

Woody in Flow

Yesterday, the snow fell. So today, in the glorious sunshine, and before the white stuff gave way to mud and … More

One Heck of a Homecoming

After an extended period of involuntary separation, followed by a long and winding  journey – from Europe, via New York … More

An Unexpected Shift

Yesterday was a classic cusp-of-winter day, overcast, chilly, varying shades of gray painted on streets and peoples’ faces. Otherwise, it … More

An Hour’s Gift

Every year the controversy arises anew: to continue setting the clocks back an hour in autumn (and forward in the … More

Squirrely Gig

A  few days ago, I strolled along a quiet street, among fallen leaves, overgrown hedges and manses, when I came … More

I’m with Fred

I think the Danes and Swedes are onto something; how to achieve world peace by giving it a name that … More