Just in time for Thanksgiving, there’s a new batch of holiday tips from the media. They aren’t about free-range turkey and gluten-free pumpkin pie. The subject is avoiding political discord …
October Surprise: Nature Offers an Antidote
Every day that I wake up and find it’s still October feels like a small, beautifully wrapped gift. I want to plant myself on a corner like a street preacher …
Climate Change: Look for the Helpers
I’m trying to recall what civility feels like. Remember civility, that quaint notion of public and private discourse characterized by mutual respect and an absence of screaming and name-calling? Mostly, …
Beach Music: Reflections on a Seaside Wedding
We sit in rows of white chairs and look out at the Pacific Ocean. It’s a hot July afternoon in paradise, and the only worry is that the incoming tide …
A New Approach to Cronedom
“I’m the resident crone,” a lady of a certain age announced to me recently. She hastened to add that crone no longer means toothless old hag who haunts the forest. …