Changing It Up

“There is no getting around the past when everything in the home points to it.”–sbv. Dear Friends, Some of you may have noticed that there was no summer newsletter. That’s [...]

Clearing Sentimental Attachments

This is a photo of my wedding shoes. I wore them just once on my wedding day 29 years ago and I’ve kept them neatly in this box ever since. Why? Because these grass-stained relics remind me [...]

Parable on Letting Go

An oldie but goodie: Two buddhist monks from the same monastery were traveling through a heavy forest. The older, more experienced monk walked in the front while his younger counterpart walked [...]

Life in the Slow Lane

Seeing takes time. -Georgia O’Keefe. Dear Friends, On January 1st of this year, my husband Jay and I left our home in Concord, Massachusetts to spend six months in the mystical, magical [...]

Soaring Serenity

Cowbirds or starlings, I’m not sure what it was that we witnessed last week soaring in the high desert country of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. This sunset ritual is not to be believed. [...]