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…
Simple Things
“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, having…
In the Middle
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…
How is Technology Changing Our Children’s Memories?
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.…
Continuous Living
I’ve claimed “seasonal affective disorder” for years, and that may be so, but I’m starting to realize it’s not only summer to fall that is…
On Procrastination
Along with the decluttering reading and course I embarked upon earlier this year, and in part to understand the root of the “accumulation of things…
On Digital Minimalism, Coons, and Lent
Lent began on Wednesday, and I am in the habit of letting go of something that distracts me from more important things, and primarily—just distracts…
Beginnings
I keep thinking about writing here, and then for some reason I don’t. There is just such an overwhelming amount of words and thoughts out…
You are Loved
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love. Reinhold Niebuhr My recent minimalist kick led me to cleaning…
Mothering a Tween versus a Little Girl
I’ve been contemplating what it means to love my little girl in the tween phase versus in the early childhood stage and I wrote a…