Those long plastic boxes with seven lids-one for each day of the week. MTWTFSS. Pill charts. Take on an empty stomach, a full meal, a glass of water. Avoid direct sunlight. Check your blood sugar levels. Administer every four hours. Check with your doctor about...
Last week my step-daughter (G) had the day off from work and we decided to spend the fall afternoon apple-picking. After a sweet treat lunch of lobster rolls and fries with my husband, we set off to a near-by farm. As he headed back to work and we walked to the...
Two of my dear friends, Jean and Alex, both age 63, died a few days before I stepped into my first labyrinth— a sacred path leading from outer to inner, or Earth to God, depending on one’s perspective. I was in Arizona. My mind was tortuous, turning like the...
Several years ago, Stephen Colbert gave the commencement speech at my alma mater, Knox College. He talked about the importance of approaching life as improv. He explained that when actors improvise, the scene unfolds as each individual says, Yes, and. You have to...
I’ve ambled through what by now I can safely say is most of my life blissfully ignorant of gender; convinced I could do anything anyone else could, male or female, as long as I dedicated myself to that goal. I’m the second of three girls in my family. The only boy...
