We bike seven and a half miles up the road from our house, past hay fields and horses and silent,…
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soul work
Growing older we discover that life doesn’t actually get easier. We just become a bit more skilled at navigating the ups and downs. On good days, I can see the challenges that come my way as invitations to stretch a little, grow a little, learn a little. Viewed this way, just about everything becomes an opportunity for soul work. Read more about what soul work means to me, or browse the archive of stories below.
Fireworks
I dug the fire pit out in our yard five years ago, the week we moved into the old red…
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Hello, good-bye
There were lots of ribbons and bows. But it wasn’t about the gifts. It was about the pure, untrammeled beauty…
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Homecomings
I’ve had the idea for a while now that these last few years have been all about change, and…
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The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay
“You must feel so proud of yourself, to have written a book and had it published,” a reader said last…
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present moment
They are home at last, both sons. And I’m perched here at the kitchen table, for about two brief minutes…
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