December Harbor: When Life Felt Navigable Again.
That December, the stark Northern landscape offered a visceral draw for me... I was enticed by its barrenness... It felt comforting -- simple, spacious.
Browsing Tag:
Christmas
‘Tis the Season to Let Money Make up for Lack of Decency the Rest of the Year.
We fill ourselves on resolutions saying this is the year it will take, the year I'll mean what I say. I'll do better. But why didn’t we do better all year?
Relax, It’s Just the End of the World.
I couldn't unsee that our activity had altered Earth to such an extent that my children inherited a different world than the one I’d been 'given'.
Trust. {poetry}
Trust is not about whether another person loves you,
but rather about knowing your own self-worth,
all the way down to your bones.
Calling All Superwomen: Step up for Our Foremothers, Never Step Down.
We don’t need giant carved likenesses of our foremothers in granite on mountains, or statues in town squares. We don’t have giant head envy.
Christ, Christmas & Christ Consciousness.
What would make me think America was truly exceptional? If one of its vainglorious political, civic or religious leaders would have stood up and said, “In light of the fact that so many of our fellow citizens are living in poverty this season, I propose that instead of giving one another lavish ...
A Letter Home: I Walk With You In My Heart.
But the current me notes the distance between the lovers’ voices, questions buried so deep down that rarely is another allowed to touch them, if ever. Do they really know each other? What are they really thinking at this moment?