So I Stopped Eating: Guest Post by Emily Wierenga–And a Giveaway
(Update: Congratulations to Dawn St Amand Paoletta who was selected at random to win a copy of Emily’s book! Thanks to all who stopped by with your kind words) O for a thousand tongues to sing, my...
View ArticleOn Pilgrimage: Arrival
The essential task is to feel the thrill of completing your pilgrimage. If we remember that the word thrill originally referred to the vibrations the arrow made when it hits the target, then the...
View ArticleOn Pilgrimage: Bringing Back the Boon
How do we keep sacred memories alive? How to make the journey part of our lives once we are back in the daily grind? – Phil Cousineau We had worn bright, nearly neon, orange shirts during the course of...
View ArticleWhen Your Baby is Having a Baby
When my kids were young I used to tell them that someday, when they had children of their own, I was going to buy each one of them a pony. It was really more of a threat than a promise, as in: If the...
View ArticleNot-So-Great Expectations
Nineteen years ago this month, my husband and I landed in a blizzard at Logan Airport in Boston, having just returned from the Philippines with our new son. His first taste of American life consisted...
View ArticleMy Dearest Patrick, On Your First Birthday
My dearest Patrick, how far you’ve come; on this your first circuit around the sun! I suppose I’m like every other parent or grandparent who looks back through a year’s worth of pictures and shakes her...
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