Summertime
I am trying to resurrect my seasonal newsletter. This month’s issue is about summer’s slow ripening, and features a recipe for cherry clafoutis, and thoughts on imposter syndrome.
I am trying to resurrect my seasonal newsletter. This month’s issue is about summer’s slow ripening, and features a recipe for cherry clafoutis, and thoughts on imposter syndrome.
I have always loved silence. I am an only child who spent a lot of time at home alone. We’ll unpack the “why” of why a 2nd grader spent days alone at home in later posts. Suffice it to say that, starting at age 8, I spent copious amounts of time on my own. Whenever
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I wake up like an old fluorescent light bulb hanging in a barn — a long, slow flicker until I reach full power. My best mornings are spent in silence and stillness. I used to believe this meant I was not a morning person. But that is not true. In fact, I love mornings. Only
The following are words of wisdom from the writer Nora Ephron, quoted in this lovely article in The Atlantic on The Three Rules for Middle Age Happiness. Its intention touched me mostly because of the first line: gather friends and feed them. When I think of the moments of my life when I have been
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On the morning of 1 November 1755, Lisbon suffered a massive earthquake that residents could feel as far away as North Africa. Seismologists today estimate the Lisbon earthquake had a magnitude of at least 8.4. It is considered one of the most deadly earthquakes in history, killing an estimated 30,000 people if you include the fires
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Is it wrong to say I’m resurrecting a year-old blog poster for Easter? Many faith traditions celebrate significant observances this time of year. Even if none of them is part of your annual tradition, you can still observe bud break and the early bulbs coming up in the garden, and take a moment to ponder
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You want change. But are you prepared to change? Our intimate book club will explore this question as we read and discuss Immunity to Change, written by psychologists Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey. We will declare our commitments, but we will also face a reckoning with our competing commitments that keep us from the goals we have set for ourselves.
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In literature, an unreliable narrator is one who is compromised. He or she is either deliberately deceptive or unintentionally misguided, forcing the reader to question the credibility of the storyteller. Either from ignorance or self-interest, this narrator speaks with a bias, makes mistakes, or even lies. We all have our internal narrator, the persona or voice that processes
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We were put in this world to love … our neighbors. Everything else passes away, only this remains. The tragedy we are experiencing summons us to take seriously the things that are serious, and not to be caught up in those that matter less; to rediscover that life is of no use if not used to
My biggest question over the last week has been, “How might I contribute at this time?” The term “CARE package” originated in 1945, when millions of Europeans were at risk of starvation in the aftermath of World War II. It has since become a generic term for humanitarian relief, or a small package of snacks