For historical purposes, here are my current 50 most-played songs on the iPod. A Thousand Years Sting 5:58 All I Have to Do Is Dream The Everly Brothers 2:25 All I Really Want Alanis Morissette 5:25 All This Beauty The Weepies 3:20 Big Wheel Tori Amos 3:18 Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) Concrete Blonde 6:07 Comfort Deb Talan 3:16 Counting Stars Sugarcult 3:38 Daily Living Eldar Djangirov 6:12 Down to Nowhere Thea Gilmore 3:54 Dream of You Mary Fahl 3:44 Drink…
This weekend, I sheparded my ten-year-old son through part of a school project. As the 3-d portion of the display, he wanted to make a Japanese dragon. Not easy! First, we had to talk about the materials. He didn’t like the idea of paper maché or plaster of paris. He wanted real clay, and not play clay either but the real deal. I’m very thankful that there was a Michaels Arts and Crafts store nearby. It was raining and cold,…
We pray for those who are sick, lonely, afraid, or in in need – that you may send them strength and comfort. We humbly ask that you provide what we need for our souls and bodies and minds to grow and be well. Help us to attune to that sweet spot of thriving as we navigate our world. Help our leaders to remember, and to honor, the well-being of the people – all the people – everywhere in the world….
The bittersweet wistfulness of late fall is a good time to reflect, appreciate, and be grateful. It is connected with the traditions of harvest, the feel and smell of autumn, the awareness that cold winter is approaching. All the senses come alive with foggy mornings, trees baring their arms, the last warm moonlit nights, the cessation of summer’s buoyancy. Thanksgiving is also associated, for me, with a break from routine – the first trip home from college, the warm hospitality…
“It seemed like this was one big Prozac nation, one big mess of malaise. Perhaps the next time half a million people gather for a protest march on the White House green it will not be for abortion rights or gay liberation, but because we’re all so bummed out.†~ Elizabeth Wurtzel This has been a long, boring illness and I’m not out of it yet. Headaches and fever. Vertigo. Barking cough. Intestinal…distress. I’ve missed too much work. I haven’t…
I’ve often found myself trying to “make everything all better,” acting as a mediator, and generally getting in the way of others. It’s only in the last few years that I’ve realized that not only it is not my responsibility to intervene in someone else’s path, but that it might actually be detrimental to try to do so. It somehow infantilizes others, or makes them dependent, or sets off a knee-jerk resistance. And – it is depressing, and frustrating, and…