
Hallowed Ground for Humble People
Three months on from the deaths of my parents, a week out from my daughter’s wedding, I finally get back to this cloth tote bag,

Three months on from the deaths of my parents, a week out from my daughter’s wedding, I finally get back to this cloth tote bag,

My daughter’s wedding is today. At last, the day has arrived! As you might expect, at my house we have been thinking of nothing but

“There are no good choices.” I remember saying that to my mother three years ago when we hit the first major decision point in what

Congratulations on starting dance lessons! Dance students gain many benefits through becoming better dancers. In order to assist your specialist teacher in personalizing your foundation

Six-thirty a.m. Dark. No sound save the wind’s distant crescendos and calms. No traffic sounds. Slip out of bed to check the internet for closings:

“There’s a lot of down time between the mighty deeds of God.”
I heard myself saying this to my friend Sharon over pancakes yesterday. We

I have loved Roz Chast’s cartoons since one of my college friends introduced me back in the 1980s to Chast’s quietly twisted portrayals of ordinary

Kindness may seem a weak virtue, hardly suited for battling the forces of darkness. For that battle, it’s true, one needs bigger artillery as well:

The year wanes in darkness, at least here in Michigan. Much snow and ice this year. It’s hard not to brood, especially after a year

Every time I work in my yard, I feel as if I’m living out metaphors. Weeding? Obviously a metaphor for rooting out sin. Pruning? A