Enjoy Every Sandwich: Reclaiming the Here & Now
From my earliest memories until some point in my twenties, there was a span of time that seemed every bit as long as a hundred years. It felt like birthdays and Christmas [...]
being present
Sweatpants & Soul | Fighting for the Present in the Middle of the Past and Future
“…I believed that I was living in the center, but I rarely let my feet rest on solid ground, rooting me in the present… my mind hummed with possible futures. Always. If [...]
Taste Your Life : Bread, Wine, Chocolate
Maybe I just needed the words close to me. Bread. Wine. Chocolate. Slow. Loss. Food. Love. All words that speak to my heart. Words that I dance and sometimes wrestle with in [...]
The Persistent Optimist | When Full Feels Like Empty
I woke up today with aching hands, a line of hot tension snaking down from my neck to my fingertips. Why am I in pain? I asked dumbly, while my neurons felt like gravel rocks [...]
Joyful Meditation: The Prodigal Cat
We have this cat who is mostly ours. We feed him and take him to the vet, but unlike our two inside cats, this one, known as Harold the Brave, likes to go roaming. He’s [...]
The Day I Forgot To Tweet
It was a darn-near perfect day. There was good company and burgers and badminton. The sun was shining, the air was filled with laughter and music and positive energy. It was [...]
Let’s (Not) Do The Time Warp
“It’s being here now that’s important. There’s no past and there’s no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can [...]
Notes Of Grace
The daily traffic of our lives creates a pounding backbeat: slamming doors and chatter of carpool; frantic search for tights without runs; the “right” colored leotard; [...]
For Here, Please
Although I do enjoy many things about “to go”—my grad school days of roaming about Mid-City in New Orleans with a delicious cocktail in a go-cup, or getting take-out [...]
Your Unwitnessed Life
Recently, my teenage son has become curious about quantum physics. This has led to many late night discussions, usually when he is being asked to do something like get ready [...]
