Praise for the Power of the Girlfriend
March 2023 was my first bout with COVID. In personal terms, it was disruptive. In a larger context, connection to the reality of our circumstances… Read More »Praise for the Power of the Girlfriend
Covid
The Three I’ll Carry Forward
Temperatures swung up and down all week, echoing the energy of other cycles. Staying inside all of one day invited reflection on both lessons and… Read More »The Three I’ll Carry Forward
In the Empty Time and Space of 2021
One challenge for me in 2021 was lack of structure. I left the go to work every day world and started a business. Covid repeatedly… Read More »In the Empty Time and Space of 2021
My Improv Suit: It’s All in the Making
I’m out of my league. I don’t know what I’m doing. I’ve never done this before. I could fail. My inner critic lobs these reminders… Read More »My Improv Suit: It’s All in the Making
Six Weeks to Cross Bridges
Vermont has been consistently strong in pandemic management , but on the day I was eligible to sign up for a vaccine there was a… Read More »Six Weeks to Cross Bridges
With Gratitude as a Companion
Liz Harrington lived her own version of hell in 2020. (There are so many versions out there!) The year started with a maintenance accident in… Read More »With Gratitude as a Companion
It All Takes Practice(s)
I’m looking at the smallest twigs of a bush holding baseballed clumps of snow and looking into tall pines, boughs draped white, standing in a… Read More »It All Takes Practice(s)
For All That Has Fallen Away
I was fine in the morning, but not in the afternoon. He put the tarp over his canoe. When I saw that, my lips pressed… Read More »For All That Has Fallen Away
The Year of “Re”
I won’t forget sort of hugging Becky. It was morning in the lobby of the Barre Opera House, the daylong Poetry Out Loud competition was… Read More »The Year of “Re”