Kate Ledger’s Remedies will shake you up a bit. [The paperback is coming out August 3rd; hence the renewed recommendation by the St. Paul Pioneer Press yesterday.] [Update 1.11.11: This article is now gone. Go get the book and see for yourself!] Heartbreaking and painful at times, joyous and freeing at times, it whisks you […]
What I’ve Learned
Sadness. The day has arrived. Grandma is leaving. I’m anticipating that Liliana will fill the car with her tears when we drop Grandma off at the airport. Another chapter of life will begin. Isn’t that the way it always works? We explored, cooked, ate, talked, read, and talked some more. I’m sure Liliana thought we […]
We Are All Kin in the Desert
Good morning, my sweet readers. I’m in the middle of a lovely week with my mother. We’ve had the best conversations, and now, it’s raining outside (a slight drizzle), so we’re both holed up–reading, writing–just for a couple of hours or so. I give this poem to you today. For the Sake of Strangers Dorianne […]
Two Questions To Carry With You
In this month’s O Magazine, Martha Beck has an article about how the average person will earn $700,000 over his or her entire lifetime, and if you think of it in that way, you might ask yourself: WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH YOUR $700,000? Her obvious claim is that “people who don’t consciously renounce unneeded, […]