Lessons from a Caryatid

On a recent trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, I saw  this sculpture and was taken aback by the sense of anguish. It mirrored the strain I sometimes feel when dealing with my responsibilities. Sometimes burden is so heavy that I actually feel...

Endings as Beginnings

Beginnings This spring, I bought a new house and I’m still in the process of moving in. The house comes with much light, and a lot of big ideas about how to reinvent itself into a home for two women coming together in the later years of their life. The three of us...

Conversations

I recently met a friend for lunch. Six months ago, my husband and I were talking to our waitress about relocating to Atlanta from Chicago when she introduced herself as a fellow Chicagoan. The three of us enjoyed talking to each other so much that she called her...

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