It’s a curious thing, to be surrounded by people but still separated. Even for a devoted introvert like me, there is a desire to communicate, to greet neighbors and acknowledge strangers as we move through our days. It’s easy to prioritize connections with family and colleagues and dear friends, but there’s no person from 24B […]
There are three signs of a hypocrite: when he speaks he speaks lies, when he makes a promise he breaks it, and when he is trusted he is treacherous. – Prophet Muhammad This week the terrible, horrible details of the Pennsylvania grand jury investigation of Catholic priests were released, and they were […]
“I Coulda Been a Contender!” * Absence and Loss Winter in New England has a stark beauty, and sometimes it also has a relentless gray bleakness, which brings a certain kind of reflection. Lately I’ve been considering the sharp pain of loss and the role that rituals and community can provide. We’ve spent centuries developing […]
Rise up rooted. I’ve written before about this powerful phrase from Rilke, and had the chance to share it with some dear friends from Wellesley this week. If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence, We could rise up rooted, like trees. We often think of rising and recovery as gravity-defying: bouncing back, or leaping forward. What […]
Island or Archipelago? I was lucky to attend the terrific On Cue gathering in Boston this week, where poet Regie Gibson put forth the image of an archipelago — islands that appear to be separate, but that are really all connected, just below the surface. It’s not a brand-new notion, but it is a powerful […]
Hello Honeybees! As many of you know, the writing of my first book is well underway, and it’s set to be published by Bibliomotion in springtime 2014. Below please find a mini-manifesto about this mega-project. If you’d like to receive ongoing book updates, please click here. We are all investors. We invest our time, our energy, […]
“Live in the layers – not on the litter.” I was fortunate to attend the Slow Money National Gathering in Boulder earlier this month, and though far from my own home, I was struck by the over-arching and overwhelming theme (and sense) of homecoming.