LET THE SUN SHINE IN
The number one song on Billboard’s Hot 100 pop music chart the day that I was born — almost 55…
UP UP AND AWAY
A program caught my eye, from one of the TV screens hanging in a row in front of the cardio…
THE POWERS THAT BE
I’ve been going through photographs on my computer this week. My father-in-law died last Friday, and we’ve been grieving and…
SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE
Novelist Ann Brashares wrote, “There are two kinds of people in this world. The kind who divide the world into…
FOR THE LOVE OF IT
I was talking to a friend about making art. At different times in our lives, both of us have thought…
HAPPY NEW REAR
Last week, we talked about Hope coming from that untouched, virginal part of us. Possibility born out of not knowing,…
ALL ABOUT EVES
There’s something especially magical about Eves, the night before. Before Christmas, before a New Year. The time before anything to…
CARRY THE SKY
This Sunday, we’re celebrating “Blue Christmas,” honoring the depth and complexity of our emotions during the holidays. It ain’t all…
COME TOGETHER
Out on a walk this week, I listened to an episode of “One Song,” a podcast in which a pair…
EASY AS FALLING OFF A PIECE OF CAKE
Malaphor — (noun) — an idiom blend; an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing an…
X Marks the Spot
“The only thing to find is what’s already here.” I wrote that on a post-it, and I’ve been staring at…