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Petals on a flower

We do not remember days, we remember moments. Cesare Pavese (1908 – 1950) Lately I’ve been doing some inner work, trying to change life-long habits of negative thoughts and to root out limiting beliefs. In the past when I’ve tried to do this, I’ve been discouraged by the two-steps-forward-one-step-back nature of the process. It’s been […]

July 9, 2012

Pull over

While I am an avid traveler, I’ve never really developed the pull over skill. I get from point A to point B in a timely fashion. I can spend a day strolling through either end point. But along the way, I get fixated on the goal. So fixated in fact that I’m often unwilling to […]

June 19, 2012

Eulogy

On Monday, my grandfather passed away. Tonight, we’ll have a simple service, in keeping with his wishes, to celebrate his life and the family he created. My mother asked me to say a few words. One of the most daunting things about writing a eulogy – along with the tears that keep erupting as you […]

June 8, 2012

Extol: Kevin Kling

Extol: to praise highly or lift up This weekend I caught up with several podcast episodes of On Being. One was on Kevin Kling, a writer, poet and playwright from Minnesota. (His stories often appear on NPR programs like “This American Life.”) His story is one of living a life with disabilities (one he was […]

April 2, 2012

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