Are we crazy?
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] I’ve had it. Another shooting. And children, for god’s sake. .Let’s call this for what it is. Insanity. We talk about mental illness as if mental illness is just a personal problem, which, in part, it is. We ask, “Was the shooter mentally ill?” When do we ask […]
Creating “normal”
Years ago, you wouldn’t have heard me craving “normal.” Picturing myself as creative, I’d have called normal too dull, predictable, and routine. But this week, after testing positive for COVID on Monday (not surprising given my husband’s case last week), getting stung by some very angry bees, and hearing bad news, I found myself craving […]
Living in Limbo-Land
My husband has Covid, and I may be next. I’m officially in limbo (call it quarantined). Overnight, life changed. I canceled plans and learned, once again, that life has no contractual obligation to go my way. Living in limbo is a bit of a pain. I’m now officially at the beck and call of my husband-patient, even […]
Life as improv–Nine rules for a better performance
In my sixties, I did a number of improvisational theatre classes, until the pandemic hit. I miss the fun, but no matter. Life has become increasingly like improv. For example, last week, among my friends: One sees a woman, standing befuddled in the supermarket with a food coupon in her hand. She offers to help. […]
Nobody’s Going to Steal Our Joy
May the light prevail..
To care without despair
How to avoid depair as we continue to care? And create without hate? I’ve had to meter my news so that I don’t go numb while trying to stay informed about what is happening in Ukraine. To allow my heart to feel, I’ve turned to song. The creators of these four pieces turned their strong […]
Use that anger so that it doesn’t use you
Anger is a natural part of life. It comes and goes, like the wind, unless like a broken fan in the summer, it gets stuck on “on.” I’ve been feeling a lot of it recently, mixed with grief. If you’ve been missing the fun, try my husband’s trick and read the Washington Post and New […]
Discover before you plan
“It may be that when we no longer know what to dowe have come to our real work,and that when we no longer know which way to gowe have come to our real journey. — Wendell Berry Recently, I learned a phrase that software developers use to describe the time before planning. They call it the “discovery […]
Imagine a new world–through song
“It’s a bold day.Let’s create a world where everyone can thrive.A together day when the joy of one is the joy of all alive.” Songs and imagination travel together. It takes imagination to write a song. Then songs spark the imagination of the listener. Play me songs like, “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “Where Have All the […]
Did Darwin Get it Wrong?
At the suggestion of a friend, I recently watched Fantastic Fungi. Normally, a movie about mycelium and mushrooms wouldn’t be my top pick for date night, but both my husband and I loved the film. Beyond being exquisite, the movie felt life-changing. The idea that our world has a living, renewable resource that has been in […]
