Consequences of Inconsequential Words
I’ve always paid close attention to my dreams, not so much to analyze what they might mean, but to track the details of what my…
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Speaking Truth to Power
I’ve written a lot of reviews and critiques. Books. Movies. Employee evaluations. Employer evaluations. Submissions to a writers’ group I was in. Long ago I…
Reflections from Christmas 2014
Fifty three years of Christmases. I see twenty years ago, my mother-in-law holding new born Mary Ellen as I lead the Advent devotions with Katie.…
Ten Things to Tell My Twenty Two Year Old Self
Written in 2013. List hasn’t changed much. I thought of Dover, this morning and the earlier dawns on the New England coast. A perfect fall…
Dear Diary, In Nature I Trust
I immersed myself deeply into river streams, took in the breath of mountains and got lost in the winding labyrinth of tree roots. I saw…
I Know Her
“What advice would you give your younger self?” I read the prompt. Sitting still, I conjure an image of my younger self. Face to face.…
I Left the Hospital With a Box Instead of my Baby: Reentry Is a Rebirth
Reentry. It’s something we’ve all thought a lot about in recent months as we navigate our way towards post-pandemic life. We joke about lost social…
Did I Help Make Ooga-Chuka a Top 40 Hit?
Now, I’m not Forrest Gump, but I have had a few minor brushes with history in my life and, oddly enough, one of them involves…