Walking Cemetery
I wouldn’t want to wear out our welcome in this place where gray headstones stand silent sentry over buried loved ones. [...]
View ArticleThe Art of the Falling Leaf
Like nature, I have a “budding leaf” profession and a “falling leaf” art; the first being useful, practical, and the latter is purely for the sake of joy, personal fulfillment. [...]
View ArticleCome Back with Your Shield
His face and eyes radiate tranquil happiness. Pride. Satisfaction. Paused in the pilot's seat, he appears to be tucking the memories of this essential day into a deep, sacred place. [...]
View ArticleFinding Sanctuary in Everyday Hours
Perhaps sanctuary is a gift in childhood that must be pursued again in later life once we question assumptions about the importance of attending to daily tasks. [...]
View ArticleChaos-To-Go: Life as a Holy Speck in an Infinite Messiness
Chaos is not new. In fact, the idea of chaos is ancient and, in many traditions, is envisioned as a woman, or, more precisely, a goddess [...]
View ArticleSeasons: Ten Lessons in Transitions
After three years of discussing our future, we decide rooting our family in one place is far more natural than moving with the Navy in turns of two to three years. [...]
View ArticleSunday Biscuits
Gummy, as I came to call her at the age of two, came from a time with butter churns and trains and hats and gloves. Her biscuit recipe was no different. [...]
View ArticleEntering the Compass of Your Life
I am never lost because wherever I am in the universe, that’s where I belong, and so do you. [...]
View ArticleRiver Stones
When does the green light appear showing us that it's go-time, when it's the right time to allow us to begin the inevitable un-tethering we must do from our own child? [...]
View ArticleReality is Just a Tango with Time
Time is that forward-moving arrow and also, in the freedom of our minds, a gently flowing river. [...]
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