So much life
Last week I heard a poem in my writing class that I'd like to share with you. It's called The Cure and was written by Albert...
Being here
Oh how we are tied to our lives, our importance, our phones, our screens. As I begin my annual week at summer camp, it falls to me to...
A tear and a smile
Like many of my contemporaries, I first discovered Kahlil Gibran in the '60s when I and many of my contemporaries read "The Prophet." At...
Ding! Pay attention.
Do you ever have the experience of something that keeps coming back in one form or another? Last fall, I wrote about a beautiful poem...
Another week
This week, I thought a lot about this letter and I after six days I had a pretty full-blown notion of content. But now, it's Sunday night...
Invite your guests in! Get to know every one of them.
Do you know this poem, The Guest House? This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness,...
Seize the day!
I just finished The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. I feel like I'm the last one to pick this up and read it. In fact, it was the 25th...
