by JAC | Jan 22, 2020 | Publications
It’s been a long time. The summer and fall were difficult seasons here, and I’m having this site redesigned, so stay tuned for that. I did want to link to my piece published in The Atlantic in December. I wrote about the fact that our children won’t...
by JAC | May 30, 2019 | Film, Linked Publication, Love and Loss, Publications
IMAGE: SAEED ADYANI / NETFLIX I watched the trailer of “Dead to Me” a few weeks ago while I was scrolling on Netflix as a reward for my morning yoga class. I debated watching it at first because usually loss isn’t portrayed very acurately, but I...
by JAC | May 9, 2019 | Love and Loss, Mindfulness, Simplicity, Uncategorized
“In our deepest self we keep living with the illusion that we will always be the same.” Henri Nowen “It’s really very simple,” my late spiritual director, Gladys, once said to me. She was talking about how she lived each day, waking up,...
by JAC | May 3, 2019 | Diary, Seasons, Transformation
At midday the descent begins, determining a reversal of all the values and all the ideals of the morning. C.G. Jung My daughter and only child, I realize one day, is in the middle of her time with me. In another nine years she will be in college....
by JAC | Apr 25, 2019 | Publications
Excited to be on the New York Times site this am thinking about technology and its possible impact on our children’s memories: Here’s an excerpt. Head to the site for the full piece. Oliver Sacks wrote in his posthumous book of essays, “The River of...